Drugs /
Maria Tenaglia-Webster, editor.
- Farmington Hills, MI : Greenhaven Press, c2009.
- 259 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
- Global viewpoints .
- Global viewpoints. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 244-248) and index.
The failure of the war on drugs : an overview / The Afghan poppy war is fueling an insurgency / Mexico's plight worsens despite military intervention in the war on drugs / The Colombian paramilitary presence is still a threat despite drug war efforts / A long history of failure with prohibition : an overview / The Afghan drug war cannot be won through eradication and prohibition / Colombia's eradication policies are in need of change / The United Kingdom's failed policy of prohibition yields a criminal justice crisis / The United States' meth crackdown is counterproductive and displaces production to Mexico / The production of drugs is causing global environmental damage / American meth labs pose a hazardous threat to the environment / Yemen's addiction to qat is exhausting its water supply / Colombia's legal crops and forests are wrongly destroyed by eradication / Ecuadorians are suffering DNA damage from aerial spray eradication / Colombia and Afghanistan are potential targets for a dangerous biologically engineered fungus / Legalization is the only viable option to drug prohibition / The United Kingdom should decriminalize drugs / The United Kingdom should not decriminalize drugs / The Netherlands demonstrates temperance through decriminalization / Canadians are unnecessarily challenged in obtaining medical marijuana / Bolivia's criminalization of coca should be overturned / Harm reduction reduces drug use and restores human dignity / Harm Ethan Nadelmann -- Simon Jenkins -- The Drug Reform Coordination Network -- Vanda Felbab-Brown -- Alfred W. McCoy -- Transnational Institute -- Chris Kraul -- Transform Drug Policy Foundation -- Kari Huus -- United States Drug Enforcement Administration -- Ben Arnoldy -- Jonathon Walz -- Bill Weinberg -- Stephen Leahy -- John Otis -- Jeffrey A. Miron -- Kailash Chand -- Joseph A. Califano, Jr. -- Andrew Stuttaford -- Connie Howard -- Danna Harman -- Drug Policy Alliance -- reduction encourages drug use and is dehumanizing / Canada's safe-injection program is curtailing abuse and saving lives / The United States' ban on needle exchange programs is contributing to the spread of HIV/AIDS / Australia will not benefit from harm reduction / The United Kingdom's obsession with criminalization maximizes harm / Sweden's zero-tolerance policy is a good model for Scotland / Theodore Dalrymple -- Mark Follman -- James E. Loyce, Jr., Adrian Tyler, and Malik Russell -- Don Weatherburn -- Danny Kushlick -- Gillian Bowditch.