New Approaches to Drug Policies

The US-led war on drugs has failed: drugs remain purer, cheaper and more readily available than ever. Extreme levels of violence have also grown as drug traffickers and organized criminals compete for control of territory. This book points towards a number of crucial challenges, policy solutions and alternatives to the current drug strategies.

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Marten W. Brienen, Oklahoma State University, USA. Roger G. Dunham, University of Miami, USA. Ted Galen Carpenter, Cato Institute, USA. Gregory Fulkerson, State University of New York, Oneonta, USA. Betty Horwitz, University of Miami, USA. Cailtin Elizabeth Hughes, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, Australia. Hanna Samir Kassab, University of Miami, USA. Bradford R. McGuinn, University of Miami, USA. Fida Mohammed, State University of New York, Oneonta, USA. Keri K. O'Neal, California State University, USA. J. Bryan Page, University of Miami, USA. Susan A. Phillips, Pitzer College, USA. Vanessa Rayan, University of Miami, USA. Jonathan D. Rosen, Universidad del Mar, Mexico. Alex Stevens, University of Kent, UK. Steven L. West, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA. Marcelo Rocha e Silva Zorovich, University of Miami, USA.

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Introduction; Marten W. Brienen and Jonathan D. Rosen

PART I: CASE STUDIES

1. The Drug War's Damaging Impact on Mexico and Its Neighbors; Ted Galen Carpenter

2. Trends in Drug Trafficking and Organized Crime in Brazil; Marcelo Rocha e Silva Zorovich

3. The War on Drugs in Colombia: A History of Failure; Jonathan D. Rosen

4. Understated Yet Turbulent: Narcotics Trafficking and the Criminalization of Guinea-Bissau; Bradford R. McGuinn

   PART II: THEMES

5. Drug Trafficking and the Street: An Anthropological View; J. Byran Page

6. Delinquency and Drug Use in the U.S.; Roger G. Dunham and Ana Maria Lobos

7. The Gang-Drug Nexus: Violence, Rhetoric, and Suppression in an FBI Safe Streets Task Force; Susan A. Phillips

8. A Resounding Success or a Disastrous Failure: Re-examining the Interpretation of Evidence on the Portuguese Decriminalisation of Illicit Drugs; Caitlin Elizabeth Hughes and Alex Stevens

   PART III: POLICY SOLUTIONS

9. Drug Use Among American Adolescents: An Examination of Prevention and Intervention Programs; Keri O'Neal and Steven L. West

10. The Legalization Debate: Mapping Change and Trends in the United States; Hanna Samir Kassab

11. A Change in the Approach to the Drug Problem in the Americas; Betty Horwitz

12. Enough is Enough: The Need for Prison Reform in the U.S.; Jonathan D. Rosen and Vanessa Rayan

13. The "War on Drugs": A Failed Paradigm; Fida Mohammad and Gregory Fulkerson