An unflinching analysis of one of the major issues of our time -- the shift from criminalization to regulation of recreational drugs.

The -war on drugs- has failed. The cost of trying to control the production, sale, and use of recreational drugs through the criminal law is too high: unjust incarceration, illicit markets, tainted substances, exploited children, and an untaxed industry.

But there is an alternative.

The watchwords for governments controlling the consumption of alcohol, tobacco, junk food, and gambling are -permit but discourage.- All are...