America&#039;s Longest War: The Failures of Drug Prohibition

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Identifier: JML.MS1133-0050
Barcode: JML.MS1133-0050
Title: America's Longest War: The Failures of Drug Prohibition
Description: Text of a lecture delivered to the Sphex Club in Lynchburg. This academic paper delves into the extensive and costly failures of the United States' War on Drugs. Schewel critiques the war as wasteful, ineffective, and harmful, highlighting the negative societal impacts and flawed strategies behind drug prohibition. Specifically, the paper examines the history and regulation of marijuana, cocaine, and heroin in the U.S., outlines the prohibition's economic and social consequences, and questions the ethical basis of preventing adult drug use. Schewel utilizes anecdotes, historical legislation reviews, and quotes from Milton Friedman to argue against the prohibition's rationale and effectiveness.
Date: 9 November 2006
Creator: Schewel, Marc A.
topic: SPHEX Club - lectures; Schewel, Marc A.; War on Drugs; Harrison Narcotics Act
Location: Lynchburg, Virginia
Digital Format: pdf
Language: English
Publisher: George M. Jones Library Association
Repository: George M. Jones Library Association
Rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/; George M. Jones Library Association
Rights Holder: Schewel, Marc A.; George M. Jones Library Association