The Irish war on drugs

The seductive folly of prohibition

By: Paul O'Mahony

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Hardcover | 1 June 2008

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There have been many trenchant critiques of drug prohibition by policy analysts, economists, jurists, police chiefs and others. These critiques have had little impact despite the cogency of their arguments and the abundant evidence that drug prohibition is a disastrous failure in its own terms. This book dismantles the claims and defenses of prohibition, using the implementation of prohibition in Ireland over the last thirty years as a case study. In this period, the drug problem has grown from a minor issue to one of the country’s most serious social problems. Irish policy, which at the level of political rhetoric adheres to an outright "war on drugs," has since 1996 invested hugely in harm reduction and social justice projects in an attempt to achieve a more balanced approach. Analyzing the empirical evidence on the effects of Irish drugs policy on crime, health, social and economic well-being and, crucially, on the prevalence of drug use, this book concludes that both the earlier, more rigid form of prohibition and the recent pragmatic compromise between prohibition and harm reduction have failed, and argues for a radical new approach.

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List of tables and figures	p. vii
Acknowledgements	p. ix
Philosophy, politics and rhetoric	p. 1
Three major perspectives: drug-free world/prohibition, drug use as a human right and harm reductionism	p. 17
Drugs and crime	p. 47
'Inherent' drug-related crime: the criminal justice system response	p. 68
The evolving Irish policy on drugs and drug-related crime	p. 81
A balanced policy? Effective compromise or confused muddle?	p. 107
The general failure of prohibition to prevent drug use: underlying reasons and key implications	p. 121
The failure of Irish prohibition	p. 143
The seductive folly of prohibition	p. 176
The promise of alternative approaches: the possibility of a Kuhnian paradigm shift in the way we think about drugs	p. 217
Index	p. 239
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