Spliffing
Richard Davenport-Hines: Drugs, 2 November 2000
The Science of Marijuana
by Leslie Iversen.
Oxford, 278 pp., £18.99, April 2000,0 19 513123 1 Show More
by Leslie Iversen.
Oxford, 278 pp., £18.99, April 2000,
Drug Diplomacy in the 20th Century: An International History
by William McAllister.
Routledge, 344 pp., £16.99, September 1999,0 415 17989 0 Show More
by William McAllister.
Routledge, 344 pp., £16.99, September 1999,
The Control of Fuddle and Flash: A Sociological History of the Regulation of Alcohol and Opiates
by Jan-Willem Gerritsen.
Brill, 278 pp., €52, April 2000,90 04 11640 0 Show More
by Jan-Willem Gerritsen.
Brill, 278 pp., €52, April 2000,
Drugs and the Law: Report of the Independent Inquiry into the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971
Police Foundation, 148 pp., £20, March 2000,0 947692 47 9 Show More
Police Foundation, 148 pp., £20, March 2000,
“... the US has failed to disrupt the dynamics of prohibition and illegal supply. As the late Jan-Willem Gerritsen writes in his perceptive study of prohibition policies, ‘the high “business risks” keep prices high and guarantee good profit margins for successful entrepreneurs, so that the market continues to exercise tremendous magnetic ... ”
