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Who is this book for?
- Readers who care about addiction, drug policy, and public health
- Social workers, healthcare workers, and people working in the justice and education systems
- People who have someone close to them suffering from addiction and want to understand them
- Readers interested in how history, race, and policy intertwine
Who is the author?
- Johann Hari is a British journalist and writer
- To write this book, he spent more than three years traveling to nine countries and interviewed hundreds of people involved
- The book was published simultaneously in Britain and the United States in January 2015, exactly the hundredth anniversary of the enforcement of the Harrison Narcotics Tax Act, the world's first drug control law
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A Hundred Years of the War on Drugs
Hari began writing this book with a question: after a hundred years of the war on drugs around the world, why hasn't the drug problem disappeared, and why has it instead brought more violence and suffering? He spent more than three years traveling to nine countries, interviewing drug enforcement officials, addicts, dealers, scientists, and policymakers. His conclusion: punishing drugs as crime may do more harm than the drugs themselves. Through the stories of real people, the book re-examines the history and consequences of drug prohibition policy.
Anslinger and the Origins of Prohibition
The Tragedy of Billie Holiday
Prohibition Created the Black Market
Arresting Dealers Brings More Violence
The Iron Law of Prohibition
The Cost to One Person
The Rat Park Experiment
Addiction, Trauma, and Isolation
Portugal's Experiment
Switzerland and Vancouver
The Economics of Legalization
Controversy and Criticism
Lessons for Taiwan
Bottles that drifted to this book
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