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Ending the war on drugs / with an introduction by Richard Branson.

Contributor(s): Publisher: [London] : Virgin Books, 2016Description: 215 pages : illustrations ; 20 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780753557464
  • 0753557460
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 363.45 23
LOC classification:
  • HV5801 .E53 2016
Contents:
Drug policy: a shameful failure of modern civilisation / Ernesto Zedillo -- Ending the harm and irrationality of the pursuit of a 'drug-free world' / George Soros -- Killing for the sake of 'health and welfare' / Ruth Dreifuss -- The war on drugs: a violation of human rights / Anand Grover -- From substance-focused to people-centered policies: the central role of harm reduction / Michel Kazatchkine -- Latin America: we have counted the costs, now we are ready for a change / Fernando Henrique Cardoso -- Drugs and citizen security in Latin American cities / Cesar Gaviria -- Not just in transit -- the West African response to drugs and drug trafficking / Olusegun Obasanjo -- Racial discrimination and the war on drugs / Professor Carl L. Hart -- Prospects for drug law reform in the UK / Nick Clegg -- Progressive drug policy in the Czech Republic since the Velvet Revolution: public health or public safety? Both... / Pavel Bem -- Regulating the new psychoactives market: the New Zealand experiment / Peter Dunne.
Summary: For the last 50 years, drug prohibition laws have put the market for illegal drugs into the hands of organised criminals. Now, it's time to take control. Ending the failed war on drugs will reduce drug-related violence, tackle organised crime, end the needless criminalisation of millions, and will halt the drain on government funds and resources. In this book, global opinion-leaders on the frontline of the drug debate describe their experiences and perspectives on what needs to be done. Highlighting the pitfalls behind drug policy to-date and bringing to light new policies and approaches, which make a clear case for galvanizing governments to end the war on drugs - once and for all.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 192-200) and index.

For the last 50 years, drug prohibition laws have put the market for illegal drugs into the hands of organised criminals. Now, it's time to take control. Ending the failed war on drugs will reduce drug-related violence, tackle organised crime, end the needless criminalisation of millions, and will halt the drain on government funds and resources. In this book, global opinion-leaders on the frontline of the drug debate describe their experiences and perspectives on what needs to be done. Highlighting the pitfalls behind drug policy to-date and bringing to light new policies and approaches, which make a clear case for galvanizing governments to end the war on drugs - once and for all.

Drug policy: a shameful failure of modern civilisation / Ernesto Zedillo -- Ending the harm and irrationality of the pursuit of a 'drug-free world' / George Soros -- Killing for the sake of 'health and welfare' / Ruth Dreifuss -- The war on drugs: a violation of human rights / Anand Grover -- From substance-focused to people-centered policies: the central role of harm reduction / Michel Kazatchkine -- Latin America: we have counted the costs, now we are ready for a change / Fernando Henrique Cardoso -- Drugs and citizen security in Latin American cities / Cesar Gaviria -- Not just in transit -- the West African response to drugs and drug trafficking / Olusegun Obasanjo -- Racial discrimination and the war on drugs / Professor Carl L. Hart -- Prospects for drug law reform in the UK / Nick Clegg -- Progressive drug policy in the Czech Republic since the Velvet Revolution: public health or public safety? Both... / Pavel Bem -- Regulating the new psychoactives market: the New Zealand experiment / Peter Dunne.

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