The Death of a Giant: The End of the Illegal Drug Industry

By David Duncan Sr.

Where any problem is concerned the solution is proven to be the solution by the effect that it has on the problem.

If what is applied to the problem rids one of the problem, then what was applied has qualified itself as the solution.

With this being said the question that comes to mind where the war on drugs is concerned is, how does whats been applied thus far qualify as the answer or solution to the problem? From the time that the war on drugs was declared by then president

Richard Nixon in 1971 until now, has there been any real progress made in bringing this problem under control?

The policies that have been implemented, the money that has been spent, the judicial attention, the policing efforts both domestically and abroad, none of this has made a significant impact on the problem.

As a matter of fact the problem is still epidemic in size.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Aug 28, 2014
• ISBN: 9781499066739

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Copyright © 2014 by David Duncan Sr.

Cover Design and Artwork by Mr. Andre Walker

Library of Congress Control Number:        2014915319

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Contents

Introduction

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Introduction

Where any problem is concerned, the solution is proven to be the solution by the effect that it has on the problem.

If what is applied to the problem rids one of the problem, then what was applied has qualified itself as the solution.

With this being said, the question that comes to mind where the war on drugs is concerned is, how does what’s been applied thus far qualify as the answer or solution to the problem? From the time that the war on drugs was declared by then president Richard Nixon in 1971 until now, has there been any real progress made in bringing this problem under control?

The policies that have been implemented, the money that has been spent, the judicial attention, the policing efforts both domestically and abroad—none of this has made a significant impact on the problem. As a matter of fact, the problem is still epidemic in size.

The illegal-drug problem has plagued society to the point that terms of surrender are being considered and initiated, in some cases, in the form of drug legalization. Yes, that is exactly what drug legalization is, no matter in what form. And we know that to surrender is admitting defeat.

To legalize any illegal drug is stating that society has been wrong in its adoption of prohibition where illegal drugs is concerned. You are saying that the problem has not been the effects of illegal drugs on society, but rather that the thoughts, feelings, attitudes, and approaches to the problem of illegal drugs both privately and officially over the past four decades plus have been wrong. Whether intended or not, this is the message that drug legalization sends.

The amount of effort that’s been put into finding an answer to this problem