{"product_id":"112030","title":"Drug war ","description":"\u003ccenter\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:center\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/tmgdisk01.cafe24.com\/images\/vs\/4172\/sv\/uOtJWR0OZjp6LNe22RpNSASIGpV.png?v=1765125243\" style=\"max-width:100%;max-height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"width:95%\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:center;font-size:30px;font-weight:bolder;line-height:1.6em\"\u003e Drug war \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd 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style=\"text-align:left;word-break:break-all;font-size:14px;line-height:1.6em;\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ch5\u003e \u003cb\u003eBook Introduction\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003e A word from MD\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e Addiction as told by Johann Hari\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e 『Stolen Concentration』 Johann Hari's masterpiece.\u003cbr\u003e In many countries, the response to drugs is still focused on punishment.\u003cbr\u003e However, because drugs are related to the human mind, it is difficult to solve them through punishment.\u003cbr\u003e A record of fighting addiction by listening to the stories of various people surrounding drugs and addiction.\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cspan\u003eOctober 14, 2025.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003eMin-gyu Son, Humanities PD\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003c\/dl\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003eWhy We Keep Failing in the War on Drugs\u003cbr\u003e A provocative question that challenges outdated views on drugs and addiction.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003ePeople believe that the purpose of the 'war on drugs' is to prevent drug use and reintegrate addicts into society.\u003cbr\u003e But the beginning was completely different.\u003cbr\u003e In the early 20th century, as the United States passed anti-drug laws, the Narcotics Bureau began indiscriminately arresting users, regardless of the severity of the crime or where the drugs were used.\u003cbr\u003e Even doctors who prescribed legal drugs were arrested, and jazz singer Billie Holiday, a famous heroin addict, was targeted and denied treatment and recovery.\u003cbr\u003e This was the prelude to showing that the way a nation responds to individual suffering can become a war called 'punishment'.\u003cbr\u003e Even now, 100 years later, our society is still in the midst of war.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWorld-renowned journalist Johan Hari speaks to a diverse range of people, from addicts whose lives have been turned upside down by drugs, to Mexican drug dealers who have committed numerous murders, to psychologists and biologists studying the chemical mechanisms of addiction, to a Portuguese doctor who changed the policy of decriminalizing various drug use, and reveals the need to understand the problem of drug addiction from a new perspective.\u003cbr\u003e The old ways of relying on punishment and discipline no longer work, and addiction may be a response to the loneliness of human beings, born of loss, isolation, and social disconnection, rather than the chemical properties of drugs.\u003cbr\u003e This book criticizes the fears, misconceptions, and countless failures surrounding drugs, while also seriously proposing alternatives for a better society, shaking up our outdated ideas about drugs and addiction.\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cul\u003e  \u003cli\u003eYou can preview some of the book's contents.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan\u003ePreview\u003c\/span\u003e\n\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \",\"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ch5\u003e \u003cb\u003eindex\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e Preface to the Korean Edition: A Story Very Different from Our Thoughts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart 1: The Prelude to War\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1: Addicts, Criminals, and Lawbreakers: Three Figures at the Heart of the Drug War\u003cbr\u003e Chasing the Scream│What Could Be Found Anywhere│The Black Hand│Victor Licata's Decisive Case│The War on Jazz│“This Song Can't Be Stopped”│Racism and the Drug War\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2: The Doctor Who Foresaw the Future: What Happened When Drugs Were Banned\u003cbr\u003e Doctors Arrested│Prescriptions for Addicts\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3: Where Harry's Gun Is Pointed: Even as a Ghost, He Commands This War\u003cbr\u003e The Shadow of the Narcotics Empire Spreading Across the World│The Fall of Ideology\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4: No One Tried to Stand Against Them: The Drug Dealers Who Tamed the World\u003cbr\u003e The Most Feared Name in New York│The ​​War on Drugs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart 2: History Repeats Itself\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eChapter 5: 'Troublemakers' Raised on a Battlefield: A World Where You're Eaten or Be Eaten\u003cbr\u003e Witnessing the war in real time│Violence for notoriety│Choices made to survive│So he got addicted to drugs│No justice, no peace\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6: Why Arresting Drug Dealers Increases Murders: The Uniqueness of Drug Crime\u003cbr\u003e The Story of a Police Officer Who Infiltrated the KKK│Why Drug Trafficking Can't Be Reduced\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7: Victims of the Vortex: They're Called \"Mushrooms\"\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 8: The Murderer on the Run for His Life: Inside the Drug Cartel\u003cbr\u003e The Man Who Decided to Become an Angel | Slowly Becoming a 'Human Weapon' | The Murderer's Question\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart 3: The Hidden Truth About Addiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 9: The Desire to Change Your Mood: Do Animals Get High on Drugs?\u003cbr\u003e The choice of a grieving mongoose│The Fourth Desire\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 10: The Mystery of Addiction: The Addiction Scenario We Used to Know Was Wrong \u003cbr\u003eWhat Makes Us So Addictive? The Impact of Childhood Trauma | Not Everyone Becomes an Addict\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 11 The Myth of \"Chemical Slavery\": The Link Between Addiction and Chemicals\u003cbr\u003e Addiction is not a 'disease'│Why do people become addicted│The rise vs.\u003cbr\u003e Deepening Disconnection│The Difference Between Physical Dependence and Addiction\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 12: I'll Prescribe Heroin: The First Step to Breaking Free from Addiction\u003cbr\u003e Prevention Begins with Respect│If You Have to Eat a Hunk of Batter Instead of a Steak│Make a Decision for Yourself, Not the Addicts\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 13: 1974, In the Spirit of Revolution: Decriminalizing Drugs\u003cbr\u003e Portugal's most radical and daring attempt│The core of addiction treatment│After the drug revolution│An answer to contradictions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In conclusion: The opposite of addiction\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \",\"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ch5\u003e \u003cb\u003eDetailed image\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/h5\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/image.yes24.com\/momo\/TopCate5620\/MidCate6\/561957897.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Detailed Image 1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \",\"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ch5\u003e \u003cb\u003eInto the book\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e  \u003cdiv\u003eHarry sent letters to 30 scientific experts asking them various questions about marijuana.\u003cbr\u003e Twenty-nine of them responded that prohibiting marijuana is wrong and that the media is grossly misrepresenting the topic.\u003cbr\u003e Anslinger chose to ignore their comments, citing only one expert who believed that marijuana was so dangerous that it should be eradicated.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e --- From \"Chapter 1, Addicts, Criminals, and Regulators\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e It is a natural human instinct to want to dispel fear by transforming that fear into a symbol and then trying to destroy that symbol.\u003cbr\u003e Such things have been repeated throughout human history, from the Crusades to the witch hunts, and even to this day. \u003cbr\u003eWhen we ponder something as complex as the human drive to take drugs, it's difficult to accept that this drive will never go away and that it will always cause problems (and pleasures).\u003cbr\u003e I'd much rather hear another story about how we can end this problem.\u003cbr\u003e We want to believe that if we just listen and follow what they say, all of our problems will be solved.\u003cbr\u003e --- From \"Chapter 3, Where Harry's Gun Was Pointed\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As Chino described the world he inhabited, I kept thinking about a part of slum culture that, to an outsider, seemed irrational and bizarre: the obsession with one's own turf and the constant demand for \"respect.\"\u003cbr\u003e And I came to think that such behavior was not irrational.\u003cbr\u003e It seemed like a way to protect their most valuable asset: the drug supply. \u003cbr\u003eSince we had no recourse to the law, it seemed necessary to make sure that people were kept from disturbing their own territory out of fear.\u003cbr\u003e I realized that enforcing respect and fear was the only way to make this economy work.\u003cbr\u003e If the local economy runs on these rules, those rules will dominate even the local population, even those who are barely involved in the drug trade.\u003cbr\u003e --- From \"Chapter 5, 'Troublemakers' Who Grew Up on the Battlefield\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e After listening to the recording of this interview over and over again, I was reminded of a paper by sociologist Philippe Bourgeois that helped me understand Chino's story.\u003cbr\u003e He explained that when drugs are banned, the first to abandon moral constraints will gain a competitive advantage and control more of the drug market. \u003cbr\u003eDrug cartels therefore have no qualms about using these young \"expendables\" to brutally murder not only rival cartel members but also their relatives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e --- From \"Chapter 8, The Murderer Who Ran Away to Live\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e I kept thinking back to the UN's promise to create a drug-free world.\u003cbr\u003e One thing stood out in my mind more than anything else about that promise.\u003cbr\u003e It's a fact that seems obvious at first, but then you intuitively feel it's wrong.\u003cbr\u003e Only 10 percent of drug users develop problems due to their use.\u003cbr\u003e The overwhelming majority, about 90 percent, of people who use drugs are not harmed by them.\u003cbr\u003e These are not figures released by groups advocating for the legalization of drugs.\u003cbr\u003e These are figures released by the United Nations Office on Narcotics Control, which leads the global war on drugs. \u003cbr\u003eEven William Bennett, the director of the Office of Drug Control Policy and known as the “drug czar” for implementing the most aggressive drug policy in American history, admitted that “a significant portion of drug users in our country are not addicted to drugs.”\u003cbr\u003e --- From \"Chapter 9, The Desire to Change Your Mood\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e From a young age I asked myself:\u003cbr\u003e How do you become addicted? What is addiction? I've heard many explanations about addiction over the years.\u003cbr\u003e Addiction is a moral failing.\u003cbr\u003e It's a disease.\u003cbr\u003e I heard that it is a hereditary disease.\u003cbr\u003e I believed that the real cause of addiction was ultimately shrouded in mystery.\u003cbr\u003e Then, when I went to Canada, I discovered that there was a small group of non-mainstream scientists who were trying to find answers to my questions.\u003cbr\u003e Their research has remained largely unknown for decades.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Our way is to try to treat them as humanely as possible.\u003cbr\u003e Just being there for them.\u003cbr\u003e I don't give them advice on how to fix their messed up lives.\u003cbr\u003e Just live life with them.\u003cbr\u003e I try to be kind and trustworthy.\u003cbr\u003e “Someone who pretends to please them and then leaves, someone who won’t abandon them, someone who won’t leave them, someone who won’t kick them out.” Almost everyone thought this plan was crazy.\u003cbr\u003e If addicts were given a place to live freely, without any judgment or blame, wouldn't they inevitably become addicted to alcohol or drugs and die sooner? A better solution might be to bomb the Portland Hotel, killing everyone there, one doctor told Liz Evans.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e--- From \"Chapter 10, The Mystery of the Cause of Addiction\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Drug prohibition is based on external methods of preventing people from using drugs through fear and violence.\u003cbr\u003e Portugal's alternative, on the other hand, is based on the belief that drugs will not go away, and that instead of violence, people should be given the internal tools - confidence, knowledge, and support - to make the right decisions for themselves.\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e --- From \"Chapter 13, 1974, In the Spirit of Revolution\"\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \",\"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ch5\u003e \u003cb\u003ePublisher's Review\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003e★★★ 90 million TED views, New York Times bestseller\u003cbr\u003e ★★★ 『Stolen Concentration』 Johann Hari's most controversial work\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Why We Keep Failing in the War on Drugs\u003cbr\u003e A provocative question that challenges outdated views on drugs and addiction.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e People believe that the purpose of the 'war on drugs' is to prevent drug use and reintegrate addicts into society. \u003cbr\u003eBut the beginning was completely different.\u003cbr\u003e In the early 20th century, as the United States passed anti-drug laws, the Narcotics Bureau began indiscriminately arresting users, regardless of the severity of the crime or where the drugs were used.\u003cbr\u003e Even doctors who prescribed legal drugs were arrested, and jazz singer Billie Holiday, a famous heroin addict, became the target of an investigation.\u003cbr\u003e Addicts were denied any chance for treatment or recovery, a prelude to how the state's response to individual suffering could be a war of \"punishment.\"\u003cbr\u003e Even now, 100 years later, our society is still in the midst of war.\u003cbr\u003e World-renowned journalist Johan Hari travels back in time to the beginning of the war on drugs, raising questions we hadn't considered before. \u003cbr\u003eWhy did organized crime groups bribe police to enforce anti-drug laws more vigorously? Why, unlike other crimes, does the violent crime rate for drug crimes rise with increased crackdowns? How would the world change if we adopted a radically different drug policy?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The author meets countless people—addicts whose lives have been turned upside down by drugs, Mexican drug dealers who have committed numerous murders, starting as teenagers, psychologists and biologists studying the chemical mechanisms of addiction, and a Portuguese doctor who changed policies to decriminalize various drug use—and realizes that the problem of drug addiction needs to be understood from a new perspective. \u003cbr\u003eThe old ways of relying on punishment and discipline no longer work, and addiction may be a response to the loneliness of human beings born from loss, isolation, and social disconnection rather than the chemical properties of drugs.\u003cbr\u003e \"The Drug War\" is Johan Hari's first book, which launched him into the ranks of international bestselling authors. Upon its initial publication in 2015, it was met with heated debate and played a significant role in shifting the conversation about drugs in the United States.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe war on drugs vs.\u003cbr\u003e The war for drugs\u003cbr\u003e A look back at the beginnings, impact, and failures of the century-long drug war.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The surprising thing is that drugs that we now classify as illegal were freely distributed around the world until the early 20th century. \u003cbr\u003eBut in 1914, much changed when the United States passed the Harrison Narcotics Act, which prohibited the sale and use of drugs.\u003cbr\u003e Johan Hari traces the history of the century-long drug war, summoning three figures at the heart of the conflict to tell a story more shocking and compelling than any crime novel.\u003cbr\u003e The people he focused on were Harry Anslinger, the first commissioner of the U.S. Drug Administration; jazz singer Billie Holiday, a heroin addict; and Arnold Rothstein, the drug dealer who created the prototype of the modern drug cartel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Harry Anslinger, who was appointed to lead the newly created Federal Drug Administration, struggled to consolidate the agency's precarious position.\u003cbr\u003e The Narcotics Bureau was staffed by former Prohibition law enforcers, who were dispirited after a 14-year, crushing defeat in the war on alcohol. \u003cbr\u003eAnslinger began recruiting minorities to expand the war on drugs.\u003cbr\u003e He warned that black people were most affected by marijuana, and claimed that smoking it made them forget racial barriers and intensified their desire for white women.\u003cbr\u003e The drug war gained widespread support by exploiting the American public's fears and prejudices against people of color.\u003cbr\u003e And this belief began to manifest itself in drug control policies.\u003cbr\u003e Jazz singers Billie Holiday and Judy Garland were both famous heroin addicts.\u003cbr\u003e However, Holiday was targeted and subjected to ongoing harassment by Anslinger's agents because she was black and because she sang songs exposing the brutal genocide of black people. \u003cbr\u003eMeanwhile, Garland, a white woman, was able to avoid police investigation while recovering from addiction with Anslinger's help.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e When Anslinger started the war on drugs, he hoped that simply eliminating drugs and punishing addicts would end the war.\u003cbr\u003e But as Prohibition already failed to do, popular products don't simply disappear when they are criminalized.\u003cbr\u003e People instead try to obtain it through illegal means.\u003cbr\u003e Ultimately, prohibiting drugs created criminal networks that controlled the supply and distribution of illegal drugs.\u003cbr\u003e Arnold Rothstein, once known as the most feared man in New York, maintained his illegal drug business by demonstrating his power through violence. \u003cbr\u003eUltimately, the 'war on drugs' waged by the state to eliminate drug users and addicts gradually gave rise to a 'war for drugs' in which criminal organizations fought each other to obtain drugs.\u003cbr\u003e The lives of these three men show how much the fundamental rules of the \"drug war\" remain unchanged even after 100 years, and what problems it still faces.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eWhy do violent crimes surge as drug crackdowns become more stringent?\u003cbr\u003e Hearing the voices of victims caught in the vortex of the drug war\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Today, we believe that as the 'war on drugs' continues, drug-related crime will decrease.\u003cbr\u003e But drug dealing operates on a completely different logic than other crimes.\u003cbr\u003e For example, arresting a large number of murderers reduces the number of murders, and arresting violent racists reduces hate crimes. \u003cbr\u003eHowever, drug crimes are not fundamentally reduced by arresting users or traffickers.\u003cbr\u003e The case of New York City police officer Michael Levin illustrates this clearly.\u003cbr\u003e After extensive surveillance, he identified 100 notorious drug dealers in Manhattan and arrested 80 of them in just two weeks.\u003cbr\u003e But within days, new traders came in to fill the market vacuum, and the drug trade quickly returned to its previous levels.\u003cbr\u003e A more serious problem is that these crackdowns actually exacerbate violent crime.\u003cbr\u003e When a key figure in a criminal organization is arrested, a power struggle begins between rival gangs.\u003cbr\u003e During this process, murder and violence occur frequently, and the entire community is left bleeding. \u003cbr\u003eUltimately, the greatest harm caused by drug crimes comes not from the individual addicts' deviance, but from the war between criminal organizations trying to control the distribution market.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Johan Hari also listens to the voices of the hidden victims of the drug war.\u003cbr\u003e In Baltimore, where the war on drugs is raging, children grow up in an environment where gunfire rings out every night and murders occur every day.\u003cbr\u003e Moreover, if those who grew up in this war zone are caught with even one drug crime, their lives are effectively over.\u003cbr\u003e One arrest record from your teenage years can make you permanently barred from employment and even prevent you from getting student loans.\u003cbr\u003e They are kicked out of public housing for low-income people and even deprived of their right to vote.\u003cbr\u003e One person testified to the reality that “my mother lives in public housing, and if I go to visit her after being arrested for drug possession, my entire family could be evicted.” \u003cbr\u003eCurrent policies isolate addicts and their families from society and deny them the opportunity for recovery.\u003cbr\u003e This is the most disastrous result of the drug war.\u003cbr\u003e Gang violence is on the rise, children are accustomed to the sound of gunfire every night, and young men caught once are branded second-class citizens for life.\u003cbr\u003e Rather than reducing the problem of addiction, it is leaving irreparable scars on the most vulnerable members of society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eAre drugs simply chemicals so addictive that they are impossible to break free from?\u003cbr\u003e The drug addiction scenario we all knew was wrong.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Finally, Johan Hari shows that the current punishment-focused policies are not effective in ending the drug war, and that addiction stems from human conditions such as childhood trauma, social isolation, and loss rather than the chemical properties of drugs. \u003cbr\u003eIf drugs were simply chemically powerful and inescapable, everyone prescribed opioid painkillers in hospitals would be addicted.\u003cbr\u003e But after they were discharged from the hospital, they no longer sought drugs.\u003cbr\u003e How should we understand this phenomenon? Drawing on Bruce Alexander's \"Rat Park\" experiment, which explored the relationship between addiction and the environment, the author argues that the scenario of addiction where a single moment of drug use leads to \"chemical slavery\" is a myth.\u003cbr\u003e What we need to focus on in order to solve the problem is not the addictive nature of the drug itself, but rather the questions, 'What makes people prone to addiction?' and 'What are the conditions that make it difficult to break free from addiction?'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e When we treat drug users as people in need of support rather than criminals, amazing changes begin to occur. \u003cbr\u003eSwitzerland operates injection centers where addicts can receive daily doses of their drugs in a sanitary and safe environment, and supports addicts to maintain jobs and families without worrying about crime or livelihood.\u003cbr\u003e Portugal decriminalized drug use, with police and authorities acting as counselors rather than arresting addicts.\u003cbr\u003e Addicts can learn how to use drugs safely and receive the support they need to quit.\u003cbr\u003e At this time, the state's goal is solely to 'encourage people to seek treatment.'\u003cbr\u003e These cases demonstrate that policies focused on recovery and reintegration are more realistic and effective ways to address addiction than punitive policies aimed at curbing drug use.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"The Drug War\" argues that the existing approach of treating the drug problem solely as a crime has only further isolated addicts from society and fostered a vicious cycle of violence. \u003cbr\u003eThis book criticizes the fears, misconceptions, and countless failures surrounding drugs, while also seriously proposing alternatives for a better society. 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