Drugs
Subtitle: America's holy war
By: by Arthur Benavie.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780789038401; 9780789038418
Subjects: Drug control -- United States; Drug legalization -- United States; Social problems -- United States
Notes: "Simultaneously published in the UK by Routledge."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Background; title: Overview; title: The birth of the drug war; title: Damage from the drug war; title: Crime; title: Public health; title: Civil liberties; title: Social cohesion; title: Your tax dollars at work; title: The federal government's case for the drug war; title: The perception of the drug czars; title: The czars defend the drug war; title: The White House versus the scientists on marijuana dangers; title: Czars versus the scientists on cocaine and heroin; title: Beyond the drug war; title: Harm reduction instead of war; title: Legalizing marijuana; title: Reforming the laws on hard drugs; title: Questions and answers.