Using the best scientific evidence, Drugs: America's Holy War explores the impact and cost of America's "War
on Drugs"-both in public spending and in human terms. Is it possible that US drug policies are helping to
proliferate, not prevent, a multitude of social ills including: homicide, property crime, the spread of AIDS, the
contamination of drugs, the erosion of civil liberties, the punishment of thousands of non-violent people, the
corruption of public officials, and the spending of billions of tax dollars in an attempt to prevent certain drugs
from entering the country?