Why Our Drug Laws Have Failed and What We Can Do About It: A

Why Our Drug Laws Have Failed and What We Can Do About It: A Judicial Indictment of the War on Drugs
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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 i??tough on drugsi??'. 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. Author note: James P. Gray is Judge of the Superior Court in Orange County in Southern California. He has served as former federal prosecutor in Los Angeles and as a criminal defense attorney as a member of the JAG Corps in the Navy. In 1998 he made an unsuccessful run for Congress as a Republican against Bob Dornan. Judge Gray has discussed issues of drug policy on more than one hundred radio and TV shows and numerous drug forums around the country.
Country USA
Brand Brand: Temple University Press
Manufacturer Temple University Press
Binding Paperback
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781566398602
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Brand: Temple University Press
Manufacturer	Temple University Press
Binding	Paperback
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781566398602
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Why Our Drug Laws Have Failed and What We Can Do About It: A Judicial Indictment of the War on Drugs

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