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Date: Tue, 02 Aug 1994 11:09:38 -0500
From: Leora Lawton <leora@THUMPER.BELLCORE.COM>
Subject: drug book review
Sender: Drug Abuse Education Information and Research <DRUGABUS@UMAB.BITNET>
Message-id: <01HFFE7ICYFE94G56O@ymir.claremont.edu>
you may remember that I said we should review books for the benefit
of education and discussion on this net, but you may have noticed
that I didn't do it. Life got in the way, I guess., but now I'm
going to try to make good.
This first book I have already mentioned as a reference for
racism and drug laws, but I'll go into a bit more detail.
Drug Control Policy: Essays in historical and comparative
perspective. Edited by William O. Walker, III. Penn State Press,
1992.
This is a collection of essays about drug laws...their history and
ramifications in a variety of historical and international contexts.
Three of the authors are professors of history, one has a phd in history,
another is working on his doctorate, and yet another is a professional
writer and editor of economics and has written a book on drug wars.
I bought this book from a catalogue totally by its title. I have
done this several times and I'm always amazed that time and time
again, scholars of drug laws conclude that more of the same is the last
thing we need, that legalization of some form is more reasonable, and
that drug laws come into existence because of complex political and
economic forces, not usually because of their inherent danger.
Each of these essay demonstrates how they reach their conclusions,
whether examining the U.S.'s history (McWilliams, Courtwright, or
Kinder) or whether looking at international contexts (Meyer,
Marshall or McAllister). The essays are well written, referenced.
I highly recommend them.
I list the titles, with a little annotation to make it a bit clearer
what they are about, but forgive me for the brevity of content.
McWilliams, JOhn. Through the Past Darkly: the Politics and
policies of America's drug war.
Courtwright , David. Drug legalization, the drug war, and drug treatment
in historical perspective. [US story]
Meyer, Kathryn. Fast crabs and cigarette boats: a speculative essay.
[this is about drug wars in china, starting with Great Britain's
monopoly on selling opium to China from India]
Marshall, Jonathan. Opium, tungsten and the search for National Security.
[more stuff on international business and politics of drug
trade supported by the US government, but, since profits were lucrative,
one that led to corruption and misuse of government officials and
resources]
Kinder, Douglas Clark. Shutting out the evil: nativism and narcotics
control in the United States.
McAllister, William. Conflicts of interest in the international
drug control system. [an economic argument about producing versus
manufacturing countries and how they negotiated international
drug laws]
Have fun!!!
leora lawton
Leora Lawton
Bellcore
MRE 2A-219
445 South St.
Morristown, NJ 07960