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505 0 a| Introduction -- Overview -- Why certain drugs are prohibited -- Attitudes toward drug law violators -- Punishments for drug law violators -- The goal of a drug-free America -- The drug war is a mission impossible -- Damage caused by the drug war -- Plan of the book -- The birth of the drug war -- Then and now -- The good old days -- Drug war rumblings -- Opening shots -- Causes of the war -- Damage from the drug war -- Introduction -- Crime -- Violence -- Property crime -- Public health -- Black market dangers -- AIDS -- Prohibition and potency -- Ecstasy -- Medical marijuana -- Drug substitutions -- Liberties -- No-knock drug raids -- The assault on the Bill of Rights -- Mandatory minimum sentences -- Social cohesion -- Race -- Corruption -- Your tax dollars at work -- Cocaine and heroin prices -- Eradication -- Interdiction -- Domestic law enforcement -- Concluding remarks -- The federal government's case for the drug war -- Introduction -- The perception of the drug czars -- The czars defend the drug war -- The war is not racist -- Only dangerous felons are in prison for drug offenses -- The war has reduced illicit drug use -- Marijuana is a gateway drug -- The White House versus the scientists on marijuana dangers -- Overall evaluation of cannabis -- Critiquing the 2003 ONDCP report -- Czars versus the scientists on cocaine and heroin -- The czars pro-incarceration outlook -- Research findings disagree with the czars -- Cocaine -- Heroin -- Concluding comments -- Beyond the drug war -- Introduction -- Harm reduction instead of war -- The case for harm reduction -- Harm reduction alone ignores the benefits of illicit drugs -- What happened to our inalienable right to the pursuit of happiness? -- Legalizing marijuana -- Reforming the laws on hard drugs -- Addicts -- Occasional users -- Questions and answers -- Bibliography.;

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Drugs : America's holy war / Arthur Benavie.

Author/creator	Benavie, Arthur
Format	Book
Publication Info	New York : Haworth Press, ©2008.
Description	pages cm
Subjects	Drug abuse--Government policy. --United States. Drug control--United States.

Contents	Introduction -- Overview -- Why certain drugs are prohibited -- Attitudes toward drug law violators -- Punishments for drug law violators -- The goal of a drug-free America -- The drug war is a mission impossible -- Damage caused by the drug war -- Plan of the book -- The birth of the drug war -- Then and now -- The good old days -- Drug war rumblings -- Opening shots -- Causes of the war -- Damage from the drug war -- Introduction -- Crime -- Violence -- Property crime -- Public health -- Black market dangers -- AIDS -- Prohibition and potency -- Ecstasy -- Medical marijuana -- Drug substitutions -- Liberties -- No-knock drug raids -- The assault on the Bill of Rights -- Mandatory minimum sentences -- Social cohesion -- Race -- Corruption -- Your tax dollars at work -- Cocaine and heroin prices -- Eradication -- Interdiction -- Domestic law enforcement -- Concluding remarks -- The federal government's case for the drug war -- Introduction -- The perception of the drug czars -- The czars defend the drug war -- The war is not racist -- Only dangerous felons are in prison for drug offenses -- The war has reduced illicit drug use -- Marijuana is a gateway drug -- The White House versus the scientists on marijuana dangers -- Overall evaluation of cannabis -- Critiquing the 2003 ONDCP report -- Czars versus the scientists on cocaine and heroin -- The czars pro-incarceration outlook -- Research findings disagree with the czars -- Cocaine -- Heroin -- Concluding comments -- Beyond the drug war -- Introduction -- Harm reduction instead of war -- The case for harm reduction -- Harm reduction alone ignores the benefits of illicit drugs -- What happened to our inalienable right to the pursuit of happiness? -- Legalizing marijuana -- Reforming the laws on hard drugs -- Addicts -- Occasional users -- Questions and answers -- Bibliography.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references.
LCCN	2007051968
ISBN	9780789038401 (hard 13 : alk. paper)
ISBN	0789038404 (hard 13 : alk. paper)
ISBN	9780789038418 (soft 13 : alk. paper)
ISBN	0789038412 (soft 13 : alk. paper)

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