San Antonio College Library

"The War on Drugs: An International Encyclopedia covers major dealers, cartels, organizations, smuggling and antismuggling strategies, drug epidemics, legal restraints, famous incidents, and more. The A-to-Z entries, many of them illustrated, are complemented by a historical overview, a bibliography, a list of relevant websites, and an index."--Jacket.

"Federal Narcotics Laws and the War on Drugs examines our current antidrug programs and policies, explains why they have failed, and presents plan to fix them. Author Thomas C. Rowe, who has been educating college students on recreational drug use for nearly thirty years, exposes the truth about antidrug programs he believes were conceived in ignorance of the drugs themselves and motivated by racial/cultural bias. This powerful book advocates a shift...

"Tobacco is reported to be the second major cause of death in the world and there is ever-increasing interest in the costs of smoking, especially in the light of evidence of the health effects of second-hand smoke." "This book synthesizes the findings of economists on the effectiveness of price and non-price policy initiatives to combat smoking and draws conclusions regarding the efficacy of the various policy measures. The authors evaluate the relative...

"This book is a frontal assault on the federal government's almost century-long campaign against marijuana in all its forms - cultivation, growing, selling, and recreational and medicinal use. Beginning with the 1930s anti-pot campaign of Harry Anslinger, the first unofficial drug czar, and continuing with only minor differences in emphasis through the Reagan, Clinton, and two Bush administrations, federal efforts to stamp out every form of marijuana...

"Shows how the National Drug Control Strategy has failed its major objectives and spotlights the resistance of policy makers to consider approaches and philosophies that are innovative or controversial."--Jacket.

"Debates over the use and abuse of drugs, the laws controlling drugs in this country, and the question of whether or not certain drugs should be legally available have inflamed Americans since the 19th century, and continue to flourish as America attempts to wage its 'war on drugs.' Students can trace the history and development of these arguments, as well as the reactions to them, through this unique collection of over 250 primary documents. Court...

Is drug addiction a disease that can be treated, or is it a crime that should be punished? In her probing study, Illness or Deviance?, Jennifer Murphy investigates the various perspectives on addiction, and how society has myriad ways of handling it--incarcerating some drug users while putting others in treatment. Illness or Deviance? highlights the confusion and contradictions about labeling addiction. Murphy's fieldwork in a drug court and an outpatient...

Although the U.S. has spent more than USD25 billion on international drug-control programs, it has failed to reduce the supply of cocaine and heroin entering the country. It has, however, succeeded in generating widespread, often profoundly damaging, consequences, most notably in Latin America and the Caribbean. The authors of Drugs and Democracy in Latin America offer a comprehensive review of U.S. drug-control policies toward the region, assess...

Examines how our government fostered the drug trade and worked with narcotics traffickers in Central America.