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This is the first part in an investigation of the war on drugs. It discusses the monetary impact of the Drug war as well as the economics of incarceration.

Narcotics Detectrives, Police Chiefs, and other law enforcement professionals are speaking out against the "War on Drugs," calling for legalization, regulation, and education.

Recent reports confirm what many of us have suspected - the war on drugs is a failure, and a massive waste of money and human resources. Millions of Americans smoke pot already, and explicitly recognizing and legalizing this would prove a financial boon.

The War on Drugs continues to leave our prison systems overcrowded.

We need to think outside of the box in order to win this war. We need to accept the fact that the way it is being fought now it is not winnable. What needs to be done to win this war is to take control of the drugs instead of letting the mafia and drug cartels control it.

An article detailing the shortcoming of marijuana prohibition and the american war on drugs.

The war on drugs was a failure. The best way to win the war on drugs is to end their prohibition immediately.

The impact of drugs has hit Colorado hard with staggering statistics which place Colorado high on the list of adults incarcerated due to drug related charges. The city of Denver, accounted for 308 of 100,000 residents incarcerated for drugs

All the public outcry against the Myanmar junta will not change the ugly realities of opium, heroin, life and death in The Golden Triangle. The media at this time remains strangely silent about the involvement of the illegal drug trade in Myanmar's suffering.

Author of the controversial autobiography; "Cheating the Hangman: True Confessions of a Heroin Trafficker" Wade Agnew, makes a convincing case for the legalization of heroin.

Details the terrifyingly authentic autobiography; "Cheating the Hangman: True Confessions of a Heroin Trafficker". Also includes a sample chapter and a biography of the author Wade Agnew.

An article examining how marijuana prohibition has fostered violent crime rather than stem it.

How author of the authentic autobiography; "Cheating the Hangman: True Confessions of a Heroin Trafficker" challenged the Australian drug laws by selling marijuana vaporizers Down Under.

This paper looks at the War on Drugs since its inception in America, beginning with its original intent and the specific economic reasoning behind its execution, to the enormous influence it has on current American society.

In 1971 President Richard Nixon declared *The War on Drugs*. Since then, billions of tax dollars have gone to *fighting* this War. So, who's winning?

This paper uses some basic tools of economic analysis to approach the issue of drug legalization in America through one basic question: Do the costs of operating The War on Drugs exceed the benefits that it generates?

This college paper covers the history and current perspectives on the American War On Drugs. The "war" is looked at with a worldwide span and also with it's relevance both to the past and to modern events.

The War on drugs has been raging on in this country since Nancy Reagan first declared; "Just say no". Many believe that this is a good thing. However, what price do we pay for this war on drugs? How many billions of tax payers' dollars? How many lives have been ruined?

Overview of our war on drugs and is it working

The nation's thirty year old drug war is uneconomical and unable to be won due to its nature and expansive scope. The distribution and widespread use of narcotics can only be fought with education and health-care, not imprisonment.

Of all the laws the United States has passed in the effort to hinder drug use, the "Pure Food and Drug Act" of 1906 has probably been the most successful. It created the FDA, which approves any food or medicine before it can be made available for people to use.

The "War on Drugs" is becoming something more along the lines of a sweat bee that will not give up on being able to do nothing more than just pestering a massive horse, no pun intended with "horse."

An analysis of how the Constitution and judicial discretion conflict with Congressional politics over the idea of mandatory minimums and the war on drugs.

The drug war in America is locking up drug offenders at a faster rate than any other crime. Is it the only answer to drugs in America?

While chronic pain sufferers may find it difficult to get a doctor to prescribe the level of medication they feel they need to control symptoms, others find access to powerful narcotics just an expensive click away.

during the 1920s and 1930s Prohibition outlawed the manufacture, sale and consumption of alcohol in the United States. Once Prohibition was repealed, legal businesses produced alcoholic beverages and paid income taxes on their profits.

An article based around drug-charge and imprisonment statistics showing that there is ample evidence for racial profiling in the U.S. War on Drugs.

Takes a look back at Timothy Leary and the psychedellic movement. How LSD caused the government to start a war on Leary and the drugs he tried to spread.

To add to a newly politically charged generation and a widely unpopular war, Americans are now being introduced to a new psychedelic drug.

Adolescents who live in dysfunctional homes, and criminal offenders are two populations found to be at high risk for become drug abusers. Far from making progress in the so-called war on drugs, surveys indicate things are getting worse.

A position paper on Republican Party scare tactics and myths. Is marijuana really that bad, or is it comparable to alcohol?

Drugs cause people to disrespect themselves and others, cause health problems, mess up your hormones and cause mental illness.

A compare and contrast of films by Robert Aldrich on nuclear war, neo-Vietnam interst in the '80s an cinema as propaganda.

Tells how the "War on Drugs" has created a hysterical reaction to hydroponic marijuana, and how using a marijuana vaporizer can significantly reduce the harmful effects of smoking.

Why our country should legalize marijuana, in order to assist the end of the war on terrorism. President Bush is a bad president.

The war on drugs in this country depicts a battle for our very survival as a nation. This paper will provide the reader with substantial factual data about the war on drugs and how it has had a negative impact on our correctional organizations in the state of Colorado.

The term "War on Drugs" has been used with great frequency in the United States, and in some cases, the implication is that the war is being won. The status of the American War on Drugs is discussed in this paper.

G. Stolyarov II personally disapproves of drug-taking as unhealthy and morally harmful, but he opposes the government War on Drugs, which damages good, innocent, productive people--who would never even think about taking drugs.

Is the War on Drugs just modern day Jim Crow laws? This article will tackle the issues of the War on Drugs and show the similarities of the laws created with those of the south's Jim Crow laws.

an article on the U.S. illegal drug policy.

"there is nothing as threatening to those in power, as an informed people."

White House Drug Czar John Walters unwittingly made known the Federal Government's nefarious intention of merging the two wars into one, branding marijuana growers terrorists dedicated to the destruction of America.

Democratic Mike Gravel wants to radically change current drug laws, in some cases "de-criminalizing" drug offenses.

Over the years, various tactics have been used to curb illegal drug distribution and sales; this paper looks at those tactics and somoe alternatives.

An examination of the history of needle exchange programs and why the US has been so resistant.

Populist slogans cannot begin to address deep-seated cultural problems like drug abuse.

Doesn't the Declaration of Independence say "for the people by the people"? If the people believe differently than the government, shouldn't the government change its' position to please the people it supposedly serves?

A recent Cornell University survey found that almost half of all Americans believe that the U.S. government should restrict the civil liberties of Muslim Americans. This bigoted, racist attitude is quite simply appalling. It essentially favors racial prof

"The people who run this country - people WE voted in - believe, somehow, that we are better off giving up our freedoms than compromising our security. I disagree."

What's going on in the Middle East, namely the current conflict between Israel and the Lebanese political party Hezbollah, is undoubtedly tragic, but the real tragedy just might the American media's clumsiness in covering the matter.