title: The War on Drugs: A Failed Experiment
author:  Paula Mallea 
description: This book is a must-read for anyone who is interested in the debate about the legalization of marijuana. The information is up to date, the writing is clear, and the arguments are logical. Well done. (Senator Larry Campbell)
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  Edward W. Robertson
  
  
  
  
  
  © 2013
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  CONTENTS
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  BREAKERS
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Part I: Panhandler
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Part II: Contact
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Part III: Liftoff
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  MELT DOWN
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Part I: Panhandler, Redux
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Part II: Landfall
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Part III: Predators
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  KNIFEPOINT
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Part I: Feral
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Part II: Scour
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Part III: Usurpers
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  From the Author
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  PANHANDLER
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  If he'd known the world had already started to end, Raymond would have kept
  the drugs for himself. At least that way he wouldn't have to lie to his wife
  about it. It wasn't the drugs themselves that were the problem—they were
  casual smokers, Mia would greet the pine-skunk scent with a smile—or the
  amount, two ounces of weed, no mo