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Why Our Drug Laws Have Failed
James Gray
其他書名
A Judicial Indictment Of War On Drugs
出版
Temple University Press
, 2010-08-05
主題
Political Science / Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare
Social Science / General
Social Science / Criminology
Sports & Recreation / Baseball / General
Sports & Recreation / Baseball / History
Sports & Recreation / Baseball / Statistics
ISBN
159213789X
9781592137893
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=XkiQ8Gna4jQC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
Our drug prohibition policy is hopeless, just as Prohibition, our alcohol prohibition policy, was before it. Today there are more drugs in our communities and at lower prices and higher strengths than ever before.
We have built large numbers of prisons, but they are overflowing with non-violent drug offenders. The huge profits made from drug sales are corrupting people and institutions here and abroad. And far from being protected by our drug prohibition policy, our children are being recruited by it to a lifestyle of drug use and drug selling.
Judge Gray's book drives a stake through the heart of the War on Drugs. After documenting the wide-ranging harms caused by this failed policy, Judge Gray also gives us hope. We have viable options. The author evaluates these options, ranging from education and drug treatment to different strategies for taking the profit out of drug-dealing.
Many officials will not say publicly what they acknowledge privately about the failure of the War on Drugs. Politicians especially are afraid of not appearing "tough on drugs." But Judge Gray's conclusions as a veteran trial judge and former federal prosecutor are reinforced by the testimonies of more than forty other judges nationwide.