The question is no longer if we should end the war on drugs but how we do it. This No-Nonsense Guide counts the human and financial cost of fifty years of drug war – and proceeds to outline a better way, looking at where drug law reform is already working, how to overcome the obstacles to reform, and what a post-drug war world might look like.
This book brings a welcome dose of pragmatic realism to a debate long dominated by misplaced ideology and knee-jerk politics.
– David Nutt, Edmond J Safra Professor of Neuropsychopharmacology at Imperial College London
I commend this book to you, and encourage all who read it to join the movement for change and help to end the ruinous war on drugs.
– Cesar Gaviria, former president of Colombia, and member of the Global Commission on Drugs
Foreword | |
Introduction | |
1 | A brief history of the global ‘war on drugs’ |
2 | Counting the costs of 50 years of drug war |
3 | What would a post-drug-war world look like? |
4 | Drug-law reform in practice around the world |
5 | Obstacles to reform – and how to negotiate them |
Resources | |
Index |