Book Detail
Title Drugs insecurity and failed states : the problems of prohibition
Sub Title International Institute for Strategic Studies
Author(s)
Call No 363.45 INK
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ISBN
Volume
Publisher Name International Institute for strategic Studies
Publishing Year 2012
Edition 1st
Pages 163
Price 9.99 GBP
Text Language English
Available Yes, Accessions:[ 44116 ]
Description The world's wealthiest nations have expended vast blood and treasure in tracking and capturing traffickers, dealers and consumers of narcotics, as well as destroying crops and confiscating shipments. Yet the global trade in illicit drugs is thriving with no apparent change in the level of consumption despite decades of prohibition. This Adelphi argues that the present enforcement regime is not only failing to win the "war on drugs"; it is also igniting and prolonging that conflict on the streets
Keywords Drug abuse and crime; Drug control; Drug traffic