{"product_id":"drugs-and-democracy-geoffrey-stokes-peter-chalk-a-9780522848915","title":"Drugs and Democracy: In Search of New Directions","description":"In 1988 the United States Congress passed laws declaring improbably that the USA would be 'drug free' by 1995.\u003cbr\u003e In 1998 the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on Drugs committed itself to the implausible goal of eradicating the trade in heroin and cocaine within a decade--at a time when global heroin production had trebled and global cocaine production had doubled.\u003cbr\u003e Somewhere in Australia, almost every year for the past quarter-century, there has been a royal commission or other major official inquiry into the illicit drug industry.\u003cbr\u003e The Australian government spends millions of dollars on attempting to control the illicit drug trade. Almost 85 per cent of these funds are allocated to law enforcement; 5 per cent goes to treatment and 10 per cent to prevention and research. Meanwhile the drug industry in Australia grows bigger and richer every year, and as a result our rates of addiction, crime and death continue to rise.\u003cbr\u003e Drugs and Democracy examines Australia's unsuccessful attempts to control the illicit drug industry, and discusses how--within the confines of our liberal democratic values and culture--we could improve our strategies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Geoffrey Stokes Peter Chalk A\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0522848915\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780522848915\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Melbourne University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/29\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.86lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.62h x 8.50w x 0.66d","brand":"Geoffrey Stokes Peter Chalk A","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48658897371391,"sku":"9780522848915","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/drugs-and-democracy-geoffrey-stokes-peter-chalk-a-9780522848915","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}