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Additional authors

1. Cato Institute
2. Julio Mario Santo Domingo Collection. wid
3. Lynch, Timothy

Description

1. xi, 193 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

1. 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.

Subject

1. Drug abuse -- Government policy -- United States
2. Drug abuse and crime -- United States
3. Drug and Narcotic Control -- legislation & jurisprudence
4. Drug control -- United States
5. Drug legalization -- United States
6. Legislation, Drug
7. Public Policy
8. United States
9. United States -- Foreign relations
10. United States -- Politics and government

Contents

1. 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.

Owning institution

1. Harvard Library

Note

1. A duplicate copy of this title was part of the Julio Mario Santo Domingo Collection, but was not retained.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing action (note)

1. committed to retain