Smoke and Mirrors: The War on Drugs and the Politics of Failure Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Smoke and Mirrors: The War on Drugs and the Politics of Failure Book

In a retrospective look at the war on drugs in the United States, journalist Dan Baum calls the nation's drug policy "as expensive, ineffective, delusional and destructive as government gets." He examines the Nixon White House's effort to turn the drug war to political advantage and the Carter Administration's brief flirtation with decriminalizing marijuana. He also details the cover-ups and blunders of some of the biggest drug busts in the country's history. Yet despite the policy's ineffectiveness, at least 85 percent of Americans oppose legalization. Baum sheds light on the reasons for this issue and calls for radical compromise.Read More

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  • Product Description

    A critical study of the federal campaign against illegal drugs shows how, despite billions spent over successive administrations, high incarceration rates, and the compromise of civil liberties, drugs continue to spread. National ad/promo. Tour.

  • 0316084123
  • 9780316084123
  • Dan Baum
  • 1 June 1996
  • Little Brown & Co (T)
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 396
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