The War on Drugs Explained

by Matthew Fraser

Overview

This book documents the true nature of the so-called War on Drugs, which has been ravaging the world under false pretences for half a century. A true account of the phenomenon must be provided so that a genuine conversation can occur about bringing to an end a policy that sees people preying on each other in the name of money and political advantage.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780646834436
Publisher:	Matthew Fraser
Publication date:	08/21/2024
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	208
File size:	773 KB

About the Author

A lifelong interest in the subject of psychoactive substance use and the societal and legal frameworks applying to the use of substances of all kinds.

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

Terminology

THE BASICS AND THE

FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION

THE BEHAVIOUR AND MECHANISMS

BEHIND A POLICY REGIME

The escalation of an international regime

The double standard

Controlled substances: the creation of crime

A successful political strategy: the creation of fear

The terminology of fear and hostility

The 'War on Drugs' is not 'Prohibition'

Summary of fundamental points

THE TRUE NATURE OF THE WAR ON DRUGS: AN

ECONOMIC SYSTEM BASED ON

INTENTIONALLY-CREATED CRIME

A concise description

The economic resource

The drugs themselves

Denial of regulated manufacture

Compliance and administration

An accurate term

THE MONEY, WHERE IT COMES FROM

AND WHO BENEFITS

Money from the black market

Who benefits from the black market?

Money derived from government

Allocation of public money

Who benefits from public money?

WHY AND HOW IT CONTINUES

Industrial complex

The perfect business model

Economic utilisation of a minority

The benefits of being legal

Politicians

The Media

A complicit silence

Deceptive terms and concepts

Decriminalisation

Mandated treatment

A certain malevolence

Human rights

LIFE AFTER THE WAR ON DRUGS

Legal and regulated supply

What is needed for change

Impediments to change

Honesty about the distribution of public money

Change itself

CONCLUSION

EPILOGUE

SUPPLEMENTARY CONTENT

Heroin and other opioids

For parents

An opioid overdose crisis?

Music, dance and heat

Cannabis

Open letter

Post script

References & Addendum