Drugs / Maria Tenaglia-Webster, editor.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 244-248) and index.

The failure of the war on drugs : an overview / Ethan Nadelmann -- The Afghan poppy war is fueling an insurgency / Simon Jenkins -- Mexico's plight worsens despite military intervention in the war on drugs / The Drug Reform Coordination Network -- The Colombian paramilitary presence is still a threat despite drug war efforts / Vanda Felbab-Brown -- A long history of failure with prohibition : an overview / Alfred W. McCoy -- The Afghan drug war cannot be won through eradication and prohibition / Transnational Institute -- Colombia's eradication policies are in need of change / Chris Kraul -- The United Kingdom's failed policy of prohibition yields a criminal justice crisis / Transform Drug Policy Foundation -- The United States' meth crackdown is counterproductive and displaces production to Mexico / Kari Huus -- The production of drugs is causing global environmental damage / United States Drug Enforcement Administration -- American meth labs pose a hazardous threat to the environment / Ben Arnoldy -- Yemen's addiction to qat is exhausting its water supply / Jonathon Walz -- Colombia's legal crops and forests are wrongly destroyed by eradication / Bill Weinberg -- Ecuadorians are suffering DNA damage from aerial spray eradication / Stephen Leahy -- Colombia and Afghanistan are potential targets for a dangerous biologically engineered fungus / John Otis -- Legalization is the only viable option to drug prohibition / Jeffrey A. Miron -- The United Kingdom should decriminalize drugs / Kailash Chand -- The United Kingdom should not decriminalize drugs / Joseph A. Califano, Jr. -- The Netherlands demonstrates temperance through decriminalization / Andrew Stuttaford -- Canadians are unnecessarily challenged in obtaining medical marijuana / Connie Howard -- Bolivia's criminalization of coca should be overturned / Danna Harman -- Harm reduction reduces drug use and restores human dignity / Drug Policy Alliance -- Harm

reduction encourages drug use and is dehumanizing / Theodore Dalrymple -- Canada's safe-injection program is curtailing abuse and saving lives / Mark Follman -- The United States' ban on needle exchange programs is contributing to the spread of HIV/AIDS / James E. Loyce, Jr., Adrian Tyler, and Malik Russell -- Australia will not benefit from harm reduction / Don Weatherburn -- The United Kingdom's obsession with criminalization maximizes harm / Danny Kushlick -- Sweden's zero-tolerance policy is a good model for Scotland / Gillian Bowditch.