1. Narcotics and narcotic regulations to 1937 The history of opiates The Harrison Narcotics Act The Porter Amendment Creation of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics and appointment of Harry J. Anslinger 2. Narcotics and narcotic regulations from 1937 Opium Poppy Control Act The Boggs Act Narcotics Control Act of 1956 Narcotic Addict Rehabilitation Act of 1966 Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 Comprehensive Drug Penalty Act of 1984 Controlled Substance Analog Act of 1986 Anti-Drug Abuse Acts of 1986 and 1988 Current federal sentencing guidelines What do judges think? 3. Agencies of enforcement Anslinger in charge The post-Anslinger era Current regulations and structure 4. Interdiction as a strategy Heroin interdiction Interdiction at the source The failure of success The failure of success II : intended consequences Interdiction at the user level Interdiction for cocaine and crack cocaine Marijuana interdiction Final costs of interdiction
5. Failures of incarceration
Current state of the courts
Problems with mandatory sentencing guidelines
The states respond : the emergence of drug courts
6. What works : part I, education
7. What works : Part II, drug treatment
The federal narcotics farms experience
The residential treatment program in federal prisons
Other general treatment considerations and therapies
8. The legalization debate
Drug-damage characteristics
The "levels of use" argument
Myth and countermyth : three bogus arguments
Recommendation 1 : restructure priorities
Recommendation 2 : stop mixing apples and oranges
Recommendation 3 : stop wasting money
Recommendation 4 : expand education
Recommendation 5 : fully fund treatment
Recommendation 6 : implement drug courts at the federal level and eliminate mandatory sentencing guidelines
