Benavie, Arthur,

How the drug war ruins American lives / Arthur Benavie. - 224 pages ; 25 cm.

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.

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Drug control--United States.
Drug legalization--United States.
Drug testing--United States.
Social problems--United States.
Drug control.
Drug legalization.
Drug testing.
Social problems.


United States.

HV5825 / .B436 2016

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