Busted: Stone Cowboys, Narco-Lords and Washington's War on Drugs

by Mike Gray

Book Overview

Thirty years ago Richard Nixon called drugs "the modern curse of youth" and launched the modern "War on Drugs" as we know it. Thirty years later, even the conservative National Review has said, "The War on Drugs has failed." Spanning three decades, Busted tells readers why, charting the violence, chaos, and corruption that the War on Drugs has spawned. It includes frontline reporting from all over the world, literary journalism, public records, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1560254327
• ISBN13: 9781560254324
• Release Date: November 2002
• Publisher: Bold Type Books
• Length: 350 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

an excellent read

This book is an engaging, intertaining, informative read. It is helpful for both those who are new to the subject of, the failure of the war on drugs, and also useful for those who are familiar with the topic. Quite frankly, I have read many books on this topic and this is one of the best non-academic books around.

Very informative!

Many thanks to Mike Gray and Maia Szlavitz for the AlterNet article (included on page 85) on Straight, Incorporated and similarly abusive gulags run by the John Birchers of the drug treatment industry. Thank GOD they're beginning to lose credibility and market share. I'm sure it's due, in part, to investigative reporting over the years by authors and reporters like you. I'll sleep just a little better because a few more poeple are wise to this scam. Again, thanks!