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.
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You can't support the war on drugs, after reading this. This is a great book. It covers nearly every thing about how and why our law have not worked. It will tell you in such great detail that you will find yourself quoting the book. If you want to open up your eyes to how ignorant our government is, this is a good place to start. BILLIONS of dollars, corrupt cops, murder, drugs. I mean its a major motion picture waiting to happen. Buy this book and please after you read it, pass it on to your Police dept. Senator, Reps.
Provides the authority needed to make the case Often when I discuss with people the failures of the so-called war on drugs, they dismiss my opinion or anyone else's as irrelevant or incapable of understanding how the war is being "won". Judge Gray's book provides answers from an authoritative source and blows apart the myth of the US "winning" the war on drugs. I have pointed dozens of people to this book and the fact that it is written by a judge has carried a great deal of weight...
Absolutely brilliant! This is truly the most well-researched and persuasive book ever written about our country's destructive and futile "war on drugs". It should be required reading for every judge, police officer, federal agent and member of congress. If you are an advocate for drug law reform, this book will give you a universe of factual arguments in favor of your position. If you aren't, this book will almost certainly change your mind.
-- I have been against our current drug policies for a while now. I had picked this book up because I was writing an essay on marijuana prohibition. This book was so good that I had to purchase it. The perspective isn't just coming from a judge who has seen first hand how our drug laws are enforced and the disastrous impact it is having on America, it is coming from many judges. Throughout the book, he publishes letters from fellow judges who all give their opinions on the drug laws. The statistics... more info
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