Ebook: Legalize: the Only Way to Combat Drugs

From very modest beginnings forty years ago illegal drugs have become a major concern in every country. Led by America, governments have introduced prohibitionist policies, but even the most grotesque legal sanctions have failed to make any impression on the problem and the streets of our towns and cities remain awash with drugs. The international drug industry is second only to the arms trade in value, and it pays no tax. It has spawned corruption which threatens the stability of nations, and its scale makes it ineradicable. Evidence of the failure of prohibition is everywhere. Anybody w.;Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Author's Preface; Introduction; 1 The Problem; 2 Attempting to Address the Problem; 3 Own Goals and Other Absurdities -- why we do not get better drug policies; 4 The Abject Failure of Prohibition; 5 Drugs and Crime; 6 Producer and Transit Countries; 7 The Case for Legalization; 8 Making it Happen; Suggested Further Reading; References; Back cover.