After Prohibition : an adult approach to drug policies in the 21st century

More than 10 years ago, federal officials boldly claimed that they would create a'drug-free America by 1995.'To reach that objective, Congress spent billions on police, prosecutors, drug courts, and prisons. Despite millions of arrests and countless seizures, America is not drug free. Illegal drugs are as readily available today as ever before. Drug prohibition has proven to be a costly failure. Like alcohol prohibition, drug prohibition has created more problems than it has solved. A Collection Of Writing On The Drug War Debate, Based On A Cato Institute Conference Of The Same Title, Containing Twelve Essays By Cato Employees, Academics, Drug-policy Experts, And Government Officials. Tabula Rasa For Drug Policy / Timothy Lynch -- It's Time To Legalize Drugs / Gary E. Johnson -- The Illegitimate War On Drugs / Roger Pilon -- The Drug War And The Constitution / Steven Duke -- Militarized Law Enforcement : The Drug War's Deadly Fruit / David B. Kopel -- Fight Back : A Solution Between Prohibition And Legalization / Michael Levine -- The War The Police Didn't Declare And Can't Win / Joseph D. Mcnamara -- Call Off The Hounds / David Klinger -- Effects Of The Drug War / Julie Stewart -- Collateral Damage : The Wide-ranging Consequences Of America's Drug War / Ted Galen Carpenter -- Legalization Is The Prudent Thing To Do / Daniel Polsby -- Legalization Would Be A Mistake / Daniel Lungren. Edited By Timothy Lynch. A Duplicate Copy Of This Title Was Part Of The Julio Mario Santo Domingo Collection, But Was Not Retained. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. After Prohibition -- Contents -- FOREWORD by Milton Friedman -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PART I: INTRODUCTION -- 1. Tabula Rasa for Drug Policy Timothy Lynch -- 2. It's Time to Legalize Drugs Gary E. Johnson -- PART II: THE CONSTITUTION AND THE DRUG WAR -- 3. The Illegitimate War on Drugs Roger Pilon -- 4. The Drug War and the Constitution Steven Duke -- 5. Militarized Law Enforcement: The DrugWar's Deadly Fruit David B. Kopel -- PART III: THE FAILURE OF DRUG PROHIBITION: LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSPECTIVES -- 6. Fight Back: A Solution betweenProhibition and Legalization Michael Levine -- 7. The War the Police Didn't Declare andCan't Win Joseph D. McNamara -- 8. Call Off the Hounds David Klinger -- PART IV: THE POLITICAL AND SOCIAL EFFECTS OF THE DRUG WAR -- 9. Effects of the Drug War Julie Stewart -- 10. Collateral Damage: The Wide-RangingConsequences of America's Drug War Ted Galen Carpenter -- PART V: A DEBATE: SHOULD AMERICA LEGALIZE DRUGS? -- 11. Legalization Is the Prudent Thing to Do Daniel Polsby -- 12. Legalization Would Be a Mistake Daniel Lungren -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX Preliminaries......Page 1 Contents......Page 6 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 12 1 Tabula Rasa for Drug Policy......Page 16 2 It’s Time to Legalize Drugs......Page 26 3 The Illegitimate War on Drugs......Page 36 4 The Drug War and the Constitution......Page 54 5 Militarized Law Enforcement The Drug War’s Deadly Fruit......Page 74 6 Fight Back......Page 104 7 The War the Police Didn’t Declare and Can’t Win......Page 132 8 Call Off the Hounds......Page 140 9 Effects of the Drug War......Page 154 10 Collateral Damage The Wide Ranging Consequences of America’s Drug War......Page 160 11 Legalization Is the Prudent Thing to Do......Page 184 12 Legalization Would Be a Mistake......Page 192 CONTRIBUTORS......Page 198 INDEX......Page 200 More than 10 years ago, federal officials boldly claimed that they would create a drug-fee America by 1995.