Contents

• The war on drugs is succeeding / Barry R. McCaffrey
• The war on drugs is a failure / Ethan A. Nadelmann
• Law enforcement is winning the war on drugs / Robert E. Peterson
• Law enforcement cannot win the war on drugs / Joseph D. McNamara
• The prohibition strategy can win the war on drugs / Office of National Drug Control Policy
• Prohibition is a losing strategy in the war on drugs / Dwight B. Heath
• Incarceration is an effective strategy in the war on drugs / Richard K. Willard
• Incarceration is a counterproductive and racist strategy / David T. Courtwright
• Drug abuse treatment programs are effective / Jonathan P. Caulkins
• Drug abuse treatment has not been proven effective / Robert Apsler
• Interdiction of the drug supply reduces drug use / Pamela Falk
• Interdiction of the drug supply is futile / Kenneth E. Sharpe
• Drug education can reduce drug use / Robert E. Peterson
• Drug education may encourage drug use / D.M. Gorman
• The legalization of drugs would benefit society / Benson B. Roe
• The legalization of drugs would be harmful to society / William J. Olson
• Legalizing drugs would not increase drug abuse / Steven B. Duke and Albert C. Gross
• Legalizing drugs would increase drug abuse / Robert L. DuPont
• Legalizing drugs would lead to a reduction in crime / Theodore Vallance
• Legalizing drugs would not lead to a reduction in crime / Gerald W. Lynch and Roberta Blotner
• Marijuana reduces suffering for some illnesses, part I / Richard Brookhiser; part II: Marcus Conant
• Marijuana provides no medical benefits / Dan Quayle
• Legalizing marijuana as medicine is a positive change in the war on drugs / Nick Gillespie
• Legalizing marijuana as medicine is detrimental to the war on drugs / William J. Bennett and John P. Walters
• Marijuana is too dangerous to legalize for medical purposes / Joseph A. Califano, Jr.
• Marijuana is not too dangerous to legalize for medical purposes / Virginia I. Postrel
• The war on drugs should focus on teenagers / Barry R. McCaffrey
• Antidrug campaigns should also target tobacco and alcohol / Norman Solomon
• The harm reduction approach should replace the war on drugs / Lisa Moore
• Courts should emphasize rehabilitation over punishment / Michael Moline
• Coerced participation in treatment programs will reduce drug abuse / James Q. Wilson