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Veteran trial judge and former federal prosecutor Judge James P. Gray believes drug prohibition remains one of our country's biggest failed policies. In this updated edition of his bestseller, Why Our Drug Laws Have Failed and What Can We Do About It, Judge Gray provides startling information about drug-related crimesofrom escalating incarceration rates to drug-related kidnappings. Judge Gray also examines the latest experiments in drug legalization. The thirteen states that have adopted medical marijuana have seen a reduction in crime and an increase in revenue. Judge Gray explains how and why we need to take the profit out of the drug trade. There are viable options at work in other countriesoPortugal saw a drop of 50 percent in drug usage by problem users after decriminalization, as well as a drop in children's drug use! This incendiary book will anger readers, but it also provides hope. We can solve some of our medical and social problemsoby repealing our failed drug laws.

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Social services & welfare, criminology Crime & criminology

• Full title: Why Our Drug Laws Have Failed and What We Can Do About It
• Subtitle: A Judicial Indictment of the War on Drugs
• Author: James Gray
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 301
• EAN: 9781439907986
• ISBN: 1439907986
• ID: 05076055
• Publisher: Temple University Press,U.S.
• Weight: 499 g
• Dimensions: 229 × 152 × 23 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. December 2011

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