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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    In a blistering expose based on interviews with policy makers and a catalog of damning statistics, journalist Dan Baum shows how America's war on drugs went from a politically potent campaign play to today's multibillion-dollar government boondoggle--a "war" that's run roughshod over Constitutional rights and put a quarter of young black men behind bars without so much as denting the demand for drugs.

  • 0316084468
  • 9780316084468
  • Dan Baum
  • 1 June 1997
  • Back Bay Books
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 416
  • Reprint
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