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Shattered Lives: Portraits from America's Drug War
Source: Laissez Faire Books/Creative Xpressions
Author: Mikki Norris, Chris Conrad and Virginia Resner
Country: United States

This book puts a human face on the victims of America's War on Drugs -- showing that the war is more harmful than the drugs themselves. Paperback, 1998, 118p., $19.95 from Laissez Faire Books.

Marijuana Myths, Marijuana Facts
Source: Laissez Faire/Lindsmith Center
Author: Lynn Zimmer and John P. Morgan
Country: United States

Destroys scary claims made about marijuana, summarizing research on its effects on pregnant women, sperm, lungs, personality, driving performance and more. Paperback, 1997, 247p., $12.95 from Laissez Faire Books.

On Liberty and Drugs
Source: Laissez Faire Books/Drug Policy Foundation
Author: Milton Friedman and Thomas Szasz
Country: United States

Essays on the free market and prohibition, edited and with a preface by Arnold S. Trebach and Kevin B. Zeese. Paperback, 1992, 180p., $12.95 from Laissez Faire Books.

Drugs: Should We Legalize, Decriminalize or Deregulate?
Source: Prometheus/Amazon.com
Author: Jeffrey A. Schaler (Ed.)
Country: United States

Leading opponents of prohibition, including Milton Friedman, Thomas Szasz, Randy Barnett and Dwight B. Heath, take on the supporters of the War on Drugs in debate. Paperback, 1998, 357p., $14.00 from Amazon.

Drug Crazy
Source: Routledge/Amazon.com
Author: Mike Gray
Country: United States

How we got into this mess (the War on Drugs) and how we can get out. Hardback, 272p., $15.95 from Amazon.

Ending the War on Drugs: A Solution for America
Source: Drug Policy Foundation
Author: Dirk Chase Eldredge
Country: United States

Dirk Chase Eldredge, a former Reagan campaign organizer in California, comes at drug policy reform from the right. Eldredge reviews the history of drugs and drug policy in America and condemns the federal policy of prohibition. 207pp, $18.00 (1998)

After Prohibition: An Adult Approach to Drug Policies in the 21st Century
Source: The Cato Institute
Author: Timothy Lynch
Country: United States

This book examines the failure of the War on Drugs and its costs on society. (11/00)

'Why Our Drug Laws Have Failed and What We Can Do About It: A Judicial Indictment of the War on Drugs'
Source: Temple Univ. Press/Amazon.com
Author: James P. Gray
Country: United States

Written by a former federal prosecutor and current California Supreme Court judge, this book examines how the drug war is "wasting unimaginable amounts of our tax dollars, increasing crime and despair and severely and unnecessarily harming people's lives ... the worst of all worlds."

Multiple-copy and nonprofit orders of 'A Drug War Carol'
Source: BigHead Press
Author: Scott Bieser and Susan W Wells
Country: United States
E-mail: sbieser@bigheadpress.com

Page for ordering multiple copies of "A Drug War Carol" (Freedom Book of the Month, 11/03) or to use them at your nonprofit drug-law reform organization. Email with questions.

A Drug War Carol
Source: BigHead Books/Amazon.com
Author: Susan W Wells & Scott Bieser
Country: United States

A great graphic novella, finally in print form, that offers a much-needed message on the war against drugs. Freedom Book of the Month, 11/03. (Pub. 9/03; trade paper; 80 pp.)

The New Prohibition
Source: Accurate Press
Author: Bill Masters (Ed.)
Country: United States

Powerful essays from diverse contributors make this book challenging the drug war a good tool for libertarians. (Pub. 4/04; trade paper; 224 pp.)

Drug War Addiction
Source: Accurate Press/Laissez Faire Books
Author: Bill Masters
Country: United States

An insider's look at the failure of the war on drugs, by a sheriff who's been on the front lines and seen the futility of it all. Lots of stories, some ideas on turning things around. Great outreach book. (Pub. 2001, 135 pp., trade paper, LFB price $10.95)

Pre-publication orders accepted for 'The New Prohibition'
Source: Bill Masters
Country: United States

"The New Prohibition: Voices of Dissent Challenge the Drug War" will be published in May 2004; orders are now being accepted. Edited by Sheriff Bill Masters, the book is sure to pack a wallop. Call 1-800-374-4049 to order your copies ($14.95 plus $3.00 shipping/handling).

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