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A 5 page analysis of the book Drug War Politics: the price of denial by Eva Bertram, Morris Blachman, Kenneth Sharpe and Peter Andreas. This is a very unusual book. Unlike most volumes on this topic, it does not reiterate the various facts and arguments about how the war against drugs has been fought. Rather, the authors of this book attempt to examine the conceptual systems and paradigms that control the government's attitudes on drugs, and they also attempt to rationally examine alternative methods of coping with drug problems within our society. No other sources cited.
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combating its spread. In all that time, over three-quarters of a century, this approach has never succeeded in substantially lowering drug use problems, and the cost and negative consequences of
drug use have continued to escalate. Nevertheless, US political leaders continue to pursue the exact the same line of resistance in this drug war that has been its mainstay for
decades and completely refuse to reevaluate their tactics. In any other sort of conflict, an insistence on pursuing a tactic that has been categorically proven unsuccessful would be regarded
as ludicrous; however, this is the drug policy of government and the policy that is supported by the American people. This problem is addressed in Drug War Politics: the price
of denial. This is a very unusual book. Unlike most volumes on this topic, it does not reiterate the various facts and arguments about how the war against drugs
has been fought. Rather, the authors of this book attempt to examine the conceptual systems and paradigms that control the governments attitudes on drugs, and they also attempt to rationally
and calmly examine alternative methods of coping with drug problems within our society. Written by four political scientists who all share a long-standing interest in government policy analysis; the authors
are Eva Bertram, Morris Blachman, Kenneth Sharpe and Peter Andreas. Their careful examination of societys paradigms regarding drug use demonstrates that paradigms can predetermine what questions are asked and
also the range of the policy options that are considered. Their main focus is on the question of why US politicians, who are presumably sane and reasonable people, continue to
pursue drug pollicies that have obviously failed and refuse to explore alternative solutions that have the possibility of working better. Bertram and her colleagues identify three "fatal flaws" in the
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