Federal Narcotics Laws and the War on Drugs : Money Down a Rat Hole

ISBN-13: 9780789028082 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 187 str.

Thomas C. Rowe

Opis

Federal Narcotics Laws and the War on Drugs examines our current anti-drug programs and policies, explains why they have failed, and presents a plan to fix them. Author Thomas C. Rowe, who has been educating college students on recreational drug use for nearly 30 years, exposes the truth about anti-drug programs he believes were conceived in ignorance of the drugs themselves and motivated by racial/cultural bias. This powerful book advocates a shift in federal spending to move funds away from the failed elements of the "war on drugs" toward policies with a more realistic chance to succeed--the drug courts, education, and effective treatment.

Spis treści

• Preface
  
• Introduction
  
• Chapter 1. Narcotics and Narcotic Regulations to 1937
  
• The History of Opiates
  
• The Harrison Narcotics Act
  
• The Porter Amendment
  
• Creation of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics and Appointment of Harry J. Anslinger
  
• Chapter 2. Narcotics and Narcotic Regulations from 1937
  
• Opium Poppy Control Act
  
• The Boggs Act
  
• Narcotic Control Act of 1956
  
• Narcotic Addict Rehabilitation Act of 1966
  
• Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970
  
• Comprehensive Drug Penalty Act of 1984
  
• Controlled Substance Analog Act of 1986
  
• Anti-Drug Abuse Acts of 1986 and 1988
  
• Current Federal Sentencing Guidelines
  
• What Do Judges Think?
  
• Chapter 3. Agencies of Enforcement
  
• Anslinger in Charge
  
• The Post-Anslinger Era
  
• Current Regulations and Structure
  
• Chapter 4. Interdiction As a Strategy
  
• Heroin Interdiction
  
• Interdiction at the Source
  
• The Failure of Success
  
• The Failure of Success II: Intended Consequences
  
• Interdiction at the User Level
  
• Interdiction for Cocaine and Crack Cocaine
  
• Marijuana Interdiction
  
• Final Costs of Interdiction
  
• Chapter 5. Failures of Incarceration
  
• Current State of Prisons
  
• Current State of the Courts
  
• The Criminal Mind-Set
  
• Problems with Mandatory Sentencing Guidelines
  
• The States Respond: The Emergence of Drug Courts
  
• Chapter 6. What Works: Part I—Education
  
• Early Efforts
  
• The DARE Program
  
• Other School Initiatives
  
• Public Education
  
• Drug-Use Trends
  
• Chapter 7. What Works: Part II—Drug Treatment
  
• The Federal Narcotics Farms Experience
  
• Drug-Substitution Models
  
• Medical Treatment Models
  
• The Residential Treatment Program in Federal Prisons
  
• Other General Treatment Considerations and Therapies
  
• The Value of Treatment
  
• Chapter 8. The Legalization Debate
  
• Drug-Damage Characteristics
  
• Health Issues
  
• The “Levels of Use” Argument
  
• Myth and Countermyth: Three Bogus Arguments
  
• Harm Reduction
  
• Conclusions
  
• Chapter 9. Recommendations
  
• Recommendation 1: Restructure Priorities
  
• Recommendation 2: Stop Mixing Apples and Oranges
  
• Recommendation 3: Stop Wasting Money
  
• Recommendation 4: Expand Education
  
• Recommendation 5: Fully Fund Treatment
  
• Recommendation 6: Implement Drug Courts at the Federal Level and Eliminate Mandatory Sentencing Guidelines
  
• Conclusion
  
• Appendix I
  
• Appendix II
  
• Appendix III
  
• Appendix IV
  
• Appendix V
  
• Bibliography
  
• Index
  
• Reference Notes Included
  

O autorze

Thomas C. Rowe