Understanding Global Issues

Briefings and books about the big issues of our time

The Drugs Challenge: Winners and losers in an endless war

The use of drugs of all kinds has grown steadily in the last 50 years despite vigorous efforts to suppress some of them. What is the impact of the prohibitionist approach? What makes alcohol and tobacco acceptable while cannabis is outlawed? How much drug use should societies tolerate?

We look at these and other questions concerning one of the most pressing social issues of our time.

Published: July 2005 ISBN: 0852335032

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