This book documents the true nature of the so-called War on Drugs, which has been ravaging the world under false pretences for half a century. A true account of the phenomenon must be provided so that a genuine conversation can occur about bringing to an end a policy that sees people preying on each other in the name of money and political advantage.
Inhoudsopgave
Preface
Introduction
Terminology
THE BASICS AND THE
FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION
THE BEHAVIOUR AND MECHANISMS
BEHIND A POLICY REGIME
The escalation of an international regime
The double standard
Controlled substances: the creation of crime
A successful political strategy: the creation of fear
The terminology of fear and hostility
The ‘War on Drugs’ is not ‘Prohibition’
Summary of fundamental points
THE TRUE NATURE OF THE WAR ON DRUGS: AN
ECONOMIC SYSTEM BASED ON
INTENTIONALLY-CREATED CRIME
A concise description
The economic resource
The drugs themselves
Denial of regulated manufacture
Compliance and administration
An accurate term
THE MONEY, WHERE IT COMES FROM
AND WHO BENEFITS
Money from the black market
Who benefits from the black market?
Money derived from government
Allocation of public money
Who benefits from public money?
WHY AND HOW IT CONTINUES
Industrial complex
The perfect business model
Economic utilisation of a minority
The benefits of being legal
Politicians
The Media
A complicit silence
Deceptive terms and concepts
Decriminalisation
Mandated treatment
A certain malevolence
Human rights
LIFE AFTER THE WAR ON DRUGS
Legal and regulated supply
What is needed for change
Impediments to change
Honesty about the distribution of public money
Change itself
CONCLUSION
EPILOGUE
SUPPLEMENTARY CONTENT
Heroin and other opioids
For parents
An opioid overdose crisis?
Music, dance and heat
Cannabis
Open letter
Post script
References & Addendum
Over de auteur
A lifelong interest in the subject of psychoactive substance use and the societal and legal frameworks applying to the use of substances of all kinds.
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