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How the drug war ruins American lives / Arthur Benavie.

By: Benavie, Arthur [author.].
Contributor(s): Gale Group.
Series: Gale virtual reference library.Publisher: Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 1 online resource (xv, 224 pages).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781440850110; 9781440850127.Subject(s): Drug control -- United States | Drug legalization -- United States | Drug testing -- United States | Social problems -- United StatesAdditional physical formats: Print version:: How the drug war ruins American lives.DDC classification: 363.450973 Online resources: Aquí puedes acceder a este libro en forma virtual
Contents:
Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Policing for profit -- The license to steal -- Traffic stops -- Houses arrested -- Swat raids -- Random drug sweeps -- Racial injustice -- Shutting the courthouse door -- Racial disparities -- Police bias in seattle -- Police bias in New York -- Covert operators -- Criminal informants -- Undercover police -- Citizenship barriers -- The criminal population -- Invisible punishments -- Drug testing -- Drug testing students -- Employee drug testing -- Is the war ending? -- Good news! -- The war's beneficiaries -- Summary and conclusions -- Inevitable damages -- Drug war benefits? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
In: GaleSummary: This book reveals the disturbing truth about how the escalation of the War on Drugs over the past 30 years has eroded the human and property rights of Americans--while doing little to stop drug trafficking or use.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Policing for profit -- The license to steal -- Traffic stops -- Houses arrested -- Swat raids -- Random drug sweeps -- Racial injustice -- Shutting the courthouse door -- Racial disparities -- Police bias in seattle -- Police bias in New York -- Covert operators -- Criminal informants -- Undercover police -- Citizenship barriers -- The criminal population -- Invisible punishments -- Drug testing -- Drug testing students -- Employee drug testing -- Is the war ending? -- Good news! -- The war's beneficiaries -- Summary and conclusions -- Inevitable damages -- Drug war benefits? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

This book reveals the disturbing truth about how the escalation of the War on Drugs over the past 30 years has eroded the human and property rights of Americans--while doing little to stop drug trafficking or use.

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