Lies, Damned Lies, and Drug War Statistics by Robinson, Matthew B. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Copyright Contents List of Illustrations Preface to the Second Edition

Overview of the Book

Chapter 1 Introduction

Ideology Claims-Making and Moral Panics Policy Analysis

Chapter 2 About America’s Drug War

Key Historical Events in America’s Drug War Goals of the Drug War Agencies that Fight the Drug War Drug War Budgets

Chapter 3 Methodology

What We Did How We Did It Data Sources Limitations of Drug Data

Chapter 4 Claims About Reducing Drug Use

Chapter 5 Claims About Disrupting Drug Markets and Claims About Costs of Drug Abuse

Chapter 6 A Fair Assessment of America’s Drug War

Evaluation of a Strategic Goal Attainment

Reducing Drug Use Healing Drug Users Disrupting Illicit Drug Markets Reducing Drug-Related Crime and Violence Reducing Health and Social Costs to the Public Costs of the Drug War Benefits of the Drug War

Chapter 7 Conclusions and Policy Recommendations

Lessons From History Findings

General Findings Findings regarding claims to disrupt drug markets Findings regarding claims of costs of drug use and abuse and the drug war

A Fair Assessment of America’s Drug War A Rational Response to ONDCP Failure Policy Implications: Evaluating the Drug War and Using Statistics Policy Implications: Drug War Moving From Current Policy to Preferred Policy Conclusion Update: The Elections of November 2012 and Referenda on Marijuana Legalization

Appendix

Taking on ONDCP Chief Scientist David Murray

Notes Index Back Cover