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Insanity Four Decades of U.S. Counterdrug Strategy (Carlisle Paper) (Enlarged Edition)

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Publisher's Synopsis

In the 4 decades since President Richard Nixon first declared war on drugs, the U.S. counterdrug strategy has remained virtually unchanged-favoring supply-reduction, law enforcement, and criminal sanctions over demand reduction, treatment, a d education. While the annual counterdrug budget has ballooned from $100 million to $25 billion, the availability of most illicit drugs remains at an all-time high. The human cost is staggering nearly 40,000 drug-related deaths in the United States annually. The societal impact, in purely economic terms, is now estimated to be approximately $200 billion per year. The global illicit drug industry now accounts for 1 percent of all commerce on the planet approximately $320 billion annually. Legalization is almost certainly not the answer; however, an objective analysis of available data confirms that: 1) the United States has pursued essentially the same lawed supply-reduction strategy for 40 years; and...

Book information

ISBN: 9781304074171
Publisher: Lulu Press
Imprint: Lulu.com
Pub date:
Language: English
Number of pages: 56
Weight: 154g
Height: 279mm
Width: 216mm
Spine width: 3mm