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Title: Why Our Drug Laws Have Failed: A Judicial Indictment Of War On Drugs
ISBN: 1566398606
Author:
James Gray
Publicate Date: 2001-05-02
Publish: 2001-05-02
List Price: $23.95
Average Customer Rating: 4.5
Format: Paperback
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1: You can't support the war on drugs, after reading this.
This is a great book. It covers nearly every thing about how and why our law have not worked. It will tell you in such great detail that you will find yourself quoting the book. If you want to open up your eyes to how ignorant our government is, this is a good place to start. BILLIONS of dollars, corrupt cops, murder, drugs. I mean its a major motion picture waiting to happen. Buy this book and please after you read it, pass it on to your Police dept. Senator, Reps.
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2: Provides the authority needed to make the case
Often when I discuss with people the failures of the so-called war on drugs, they dismiss my opinion or anyone else's as irrelevant or incapable of understanding how the war is being "won". Judge Gray's book provides answers from an authoritative source and blows apart the myth of the US "winning" the war on drugs. I have pointed dozens of people to this book and the fact that it is written by a judge has carried a great deal of weight...
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3: Absolutely brilliant!
This is truly the most well-researched and persuasive book ever written about our country's destructive and futile "war on drugs". It should be required reading for every judge, police officer, federal agent and member of congress. If you are an advocate for drug law reform, this book will give you a universe of factual arguments in favor of your position. If you aren't, this book will almost certainly change your mind.
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I have been against our current drug policies for a while now. I had picked this book up because I was writing an essay on marijuana prohibition. This book was so good that I had to purchase it.
The perspective isn't just coming from a judge who has seen first hand how our drug laws are enforced and the disastrous impact it is having on America, it is coming from many judges. Throughout the book, he publishes letters from fellow judges who all give their opinions on the drug laws.
The statistics he presents in this book are mind boggling. If you can walk away from this book with the same opinion, you're either illiterate or you already shared the same opinion as Judge Gray.
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5: A Refreshing Observation on the War On Drugs
Judge Gray offers an impressive argument against Drug Prohibition. As a conservative Republican judge and prosecutor with decades of experience in law enforcement, he is very qualified to present this striking case against our current policy. As he says throughout the book, "The treatment is more harmful than the disease." This war on drugs is hurting America more than simple drug use ever would. Politicians are exploiting people's fears of drug use, drug cartel's are stronger than ever, drug use has never declined, and the prison industrial complex is flourishing. It is time to declare this decades old policy ineffective. This book describes the problem and gives a solution.
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