Drugs: America's Holy War - Hardcover

Benavie, Arthur

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0789038404 ISBN 13: 9780789038401

Publisher: Routledge, 2008

Synopsis

Using the best scientific evidence, Drugs: America's Holy War explores the impact and cost of America’s "War on Drugs" – both in tax spending and in human terms. Is it possible that US drug policies are helping to proliferate, not prevent, a multitude of social ills including: homicide, property crime, the spread of AIDS, the contamination of drugs, the erosion of civil liberties, the punishment of thousands of non-violent people, the corruption of public officials, and the spending of billions of tax dollars in an attempt to prevent certain drugs from entering the country?

In this controversial new book, award-winning economist Arthur Benavie analyzes the research findings and argues that an end to the war on drugs, much as we ended alcohol prohibition, would yield enormous international benefits, destroy dangerous and illegal drug cartels, and allow the American government to refocus its attention on public well-being.

About this title

Review:

"This is a concise overview of the drug wars in the US over the past few decades. Recommended." -- Choice, March 2010

About the Author:

Arthur Benavie is Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and has won multiple awards for his work in economic theory and teaching excellence.  He has published several books, including Deficit Hysteria: A Common Sense Look at America's Rush to Balance the Budget (1998), and Social Security Under the Gun (2003). 

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0789038404
• ISBN 13: 9780789038401
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 190