Drugs
Subtitle: America's holy war
By: Arthur Benavie.
Publisher: Haworth Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 178
ISBN-13: 9780789038401; 9780789038418
Subjects: Drug abuse -- Government policy -- United States; Drug control -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Overview; title: Why certain drugs are prohibited; title: Attitudes toward drug law violators; title: Punishments for drug law violators; title: The goal of a drug-free America; title: The drug war is a mission impossible; title: Damage caused by the drug war; title: Plan of the book; title: The birth of the drug war; title: Then and now; title: The good old days; title: Drug war rumblings; title: Opening shots; title: Causes of the war; title: Damage from the drug war; title: Introduction; title: Crime; title: Violence; title: Property crime; title: Public health; title: Black market dangers; title: AIDS; title: Prohibition and potency; title: Ecstasy; title: Medical marijuana; title: Drug substitutions; title: Liberties; title: No-knock drug raids; title: The assault on the Bill of Rights; title: Mandatory minimum sentences; title: Social cohesion; title: Race; title: Corruption; title: Your tax dollars at work; title: Cocaine and heroin prices; title: Eradication; title: Interdiction; title: Domestic law enforcement; title: Concluding remarks; title: The federal government's case for the drug war; title: Introduction; title: The perception of the drug czars; title: The czars defend the drug war; title: The war is not racist; title: Only dangerous felons are in prison for drug offenses; title: The war has reduced illicit drug use; title: Marijuana is a gateway drug; title: The White House versus the scientists on marijuana dangers; title: Overall evaluation of cannabis; title: Critiquing the 2003 ONDCP report; title: Czars versus the scientists on cocaine and heroin; title: The czars pro-incarceration outlook; title: Research findings disagree with the czars; title: Cocaine; title: Heroin; title: Concluding comments; title: Beyond the drug war; title: Introduction; title: Harm reduction instead of war; title: The case for harm reduction; title: Harm reduction alone ignores the benefits of illicit drugs; title: What happened to our inalienable right to the pursuit of happiness?; title: Legalizing marijuana; title: Reforming the laws on hard drugs; title: Addicts; title: Occasional users; title: Questions and answers; title: Bibliography.