Thirty years ago Richard Nixon called drugs "the modern curse of
youth" and launched the modern "War on Drugs" as we know it. Thirty
years later, even the conservative National Review has said, "The
War on Drugs has failed." Spanning three decades, Busted tells
readers why, charting the violence, chaos, and corruption that the
War on Drugs has spawned. It includes frontline reporting from all
over the world, literary journalism, public records, and
provocative commentary from the left and right. P. J. O'Rourke
writes, "Marijuana never kicks down your door in the middle of the
night. Marijuana never locks up sick and dying people, does not
suppress medical research, does not peek in bedroom windows....
Prohibition has done far more harm to far more people than
marijuana ever could." And Christopher Hitchens has charged that
the drug war involves "a demented overseas entanglement, with
off-the-record U.S. military aircraft running shady missions over
Colombia and Peru, and high-level collaboration with ruthless and
unaccountable 'Special Forces.' Colombia doesn't look any more like
the U.S. as a result, but the U.S. does look a lot more like
Colombia." From the crack dens of South Central L.A. to Iran
Contra, from Nancy Reagan's "Just Say No" to Plan Columbia, here is
a collection of the most provocative, dissenting writing on the
drug wars. Contributors include Gore Vidal, Alexander Cockburn,
William Buckley Jr., Milton Friedman, Gary Webb, Gabriel Garcia
Marquez, Andrew and Leslie Cockburn, and a jailhouse interview with
General Manuel Noriega by Oliver Stone.
General
Imprint: |
Thunder's Mouth Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
November 2002 |
First published: |
November 2002 |
Editors: |
Mike Gray
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 19mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
350 |
Edition: |
First Trade Pap |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-56025-432-4 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Politics & government >
General
|
LSN: |
1-56025-432-7 |
Barcode: |
9781560254324 |
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