Overview

The War on Drugs is at the root of America’s opioid crisis, mass incarceration, and global instability. Gierach offers a bold, evidence-based solution: legalize and control drugs to end the decades-long failure of prohibition and restore justice and public health. Tired of fentanyl overdose news? Fed up with endless gang and gun violence? Mad about disproportionate punishment based on race? Furious about migrants fleeing South and Central American countries to reach the USA to escape unlivable corruption and gang violence driven by drug-prohibition laws there? Upset that over 100,000 Americans are shot each year, with surviving victims’ healthcare costs making healthcare unaffordable? Whether called Obamacare, Trumpcare, or Single-Payer? Discouraged that marijuana is still illegal in your country? Angry that America has become the “Prison Capital of the World”? Did you know that United Nations “drug-control” conventions mandate that 186 nations enact drug prohibition laws? Just like Al Capone loved alcohol Prohibition, drug cartels and drug dealers love drug prohibition. Drug prohibition is the common denominator to a dozen global and American crises. Author Gierach advocates “The Silver Bullet Solution”—drug legalization and control—to ameliorate those crises. End the failed, 65-year-old World War on Drugs. Gierach says, “Get society off its drug-war gravy train and fix a sick society.”

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A long read that needs to be read in one sitting. The book is very compelling on every front. Everyone fighting the war on drugs should be made to read it. --Roger E. Carlton United Nations' recreational drug-control conventions serve an endless ""World War on Drugs,"" though the UN Charter foundational purpose is 'to maintain international peace and security.' Gierach's book challenges world leaders, again, to abandon intuitive, drug-war intolerance, as did his 2014 draft of a proposed amendment of the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs. --Jindrich Voboril, National Coordinator for Drugs Policy of Czech Republic.

""Gierach doggedly and eloquently makes the case that drug prohibition itself is the common denominator driving or aggravating a dozen global crises -- among them crime, corruption, and even many of the harms associated with drug use."" --David Borden, Executive Director, StoptheDrugWar.org ""Gierach is a prophet. His views are decades ahead of today's drug laws influenced by UN Conventions and the US-led World War on Drugs."" --Romesh Bhattacharji, Former Narcotics Commissioner of India. ""Gierach recognizes that drug war subverts the policing mission."" --Peter Christ, Retired Police Captain and co-founder of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP) ""James Gierach's book calls for much needed reforms. Drug prohibition has brought irreparable damage to millions."" --Michel Kazatchkine, Global Commission on Drug Policy. ""Jim Gierach is a lonely voice decrying the immoral World War on Drugs and advocating a Silver Bullet Solution. An important read."" --Rev. Alexander E. Sharp, Executive Director, Clergy for a New Drug Policy. ""Jim Gierach knows the failed and futile WarOnDrugs produces soaring deaths, disease, crime, violence and corruption. It continues because it works as a political strategy."" --Dr. Alex Wodak AM, former President of the International Harm Reduction Association. ""Thanks to Jim's enormous contribution, new international drug policy reforms are coming that will guide better national policies in these matters."" --Rodrigo Velez, former drug czar of Ecuador. ""This book is important because drug policy is a choice. Prohibition is a choice. Therefore, undoing prohibition is also a choice, and it is a choice we must make with urgency."" --Brian A. Ford, San Francisco Criminal Defense Attorney ""United Nations' recreational drug-prohibition serves a lost World War on Drugs. Gierach's book challenges world leaders to abandon drug-war intolerance."" --Jindrich Voboril, National Coordinator for Drugs Policy of Czech Republic.

“James Gierach’s book calls for much needed reforms. Drug prohibition has brought irreparable damage to millions.” -- Michel Kazatchkine, Global Commission on Drug Policy. “Gierach is a prophet. His views are decades ahead of today’s drug laws influenced by UN Conventions and the US-led World War on Drugs.” -- Romesh Bhattacharji, Former Narcotics Commissioner of India. “United Nations’ recreational drug-prohibition serves a lost World War on Drugs. Gierach’s book challenges world leaders to abandon drug-war intolerance.” -- Jindrich Voboril, National Coordinator for Drugs Policy of Czech Republic. “Thanks to Jim’s enormous contribution, new international drug policy reforms are coming that will guide better national policies in these matters.” -- Rodrigo Vélez, former drug czar of Ecuador. “This book is important because drug policy is a choice. Prohibition is a choice. Therefore, undoing prohibition is also a choice, and it is a choice we must make with urgency.”    -- Brian A. Ford, San Francisco Criminal Defense Attorney “Gierach recognizes that drug war subverts the policing mission.” -- Peter Christ, Retired Police Captain and co-founder of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP) “Gierach doggedly and eloquently makes the case that drug prohibition itself is the common denominator driving or aggravating a dozen global crises — among them crime, corruption, and even many of the harms associated with drug use.” -- David Borden, Executive Director, StoptheDrugWar.org “Jim Gierach is a lonely voice decrying the immoral World War on Drugs and advocating a Silver Bullet Solution. An important read.” -- Rev. Alexander E. Sharp, Executive Director, Clergy for a New Drug Policy. “Jim Gierach knows the failed and futile WarOnDrugs produces soaring deaths, disease, crime, violence and corruption. It continues because it works as a political strategy.” -- Dr. Alex Wodak AM, former President of the International Harm Reduction Association.

Author Information

James E. Gierach is a retired Chicago-area attorney, former Cook County prosecutor, and drug policy reformer.  

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