America's Longest War: Rethinking Our Tragic Crusade Against Drugs
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| Rating | : | 4.72 (664 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00L5M8U7M |
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| Number of Pages | : | 598 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-04-14 |
| Language | : | English |
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After careful research and thought, they make a strong case for the legalization of drugs. It makes headlines, tops political agendas and provokes powerful emotions. They argue that America’s biggest victories in the war on drugs are the erosion of our constitutional rights, the waste of billions of dollars and an overwhelmed court system. But is it really worth it? That’s the question posed by Steven Duke and Albert Gross in this groundbreaking book. America's war on drugs. It’s a radical idea, but has its time come?
Kindle Customer said A war that can't be won and shouldn't be waged.. The most commonly used drugs, marijuana and cocaine, are victimless and their use shouldn't be crimes. Treating them a a danger just fills up prisons, runs careers and lives and wastes money that could be better spent in other ways.
. Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. Duke and Gross make an intriguing case that the cost to individual autonomy posed by the prohibition of drugs is too high and they point out that "almost any common activity produces abusers." Suggesting that reducing the drug supply is impossible and that eliminating demand through treatment and education, though a laudable goal, is equally impossible, the authors offer a sober assessment of the costs and benefits of legalization. From Publishers Weekly The first part of this worthy book by Yale law professor Duke and California lawyer Gross reiterates powerful evidence about the abuse of legal drugs like alcohol, the failure of attempts at prohibition and th