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Acid
Dreams The Complete Social History of LSD: The CIA, the Sixties, and Beyond by Martin A. Lee & Bruce Shlain This book is the complete social history of LSD and the counterculture it helped to define in the sixties. Acid Dreams provides an important and entertaining account that goes to the heart of a turbulent period in our history. From the clandestine operations of the government to the escapades of Timothy Leary, Abbie Hoffman, Allen Ginsberg and many others. 345 pages, 6" x 9", $14.00, Less 20% |
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of Fear Opiates and Political Power in America Edward Jay Epstein Book News: "First published in 1977, Epstein's thoroughly updated critique argues that Presidents Reagan/Bush adopted and advanced the strategy of their forebear, Richard Nixon, in using the drug war to blame foreigners for the crisis in America's cities, and to provide a smokescreen for unrelated political activity designed to bolster executive power." paperback, 384 pages, $20.00 |
 Agents of Repression The FBI's Secret War Against the Black Panther Party and the American Indian Movement Ward Churchill and Jim Vander Wall |
Library Journal: "Calling the FBI America's political
police, this book examines the agency's harassment, surveillance, and
disruption of black and Native American groups in the 1960s and 1970s,
and shows how it sought to maintain the sociopolitical status quo within
the country. The authors demonstrate how the FBI's covert counter-intelligence
program known as COINTELPRO, which was set up to undermine liberal groups,
came to symbolize the whole context of ``clandestine political repression
activities.'' For students of radical movements and government repression." tippetts@pire.org: "If you're naive enough to believe that the only governments who commit human rights atrocities against their people are in places like China or Burma or Turkey or Chile or Nigeria or Guatemala, then you'd better read this .... detailed, hard-hitting, well researched book." paperback, 509 pages, $22.00, Less 20% |
 The American Disease Origins of Narcotic Control David F. Musto, MD |
Musto's classic academic study of turn-of-the-century drug
prohibitionism, told from the prohibitionist perspective. Full of
hard information. Supporting the theory that Americans' attitudes toward
drugs have followed a cyclic pattern of tolerance and restraint, author
David Musto examines the relations between public outcry and the creation
of prohibitive drug laws from the end of the Civil War to the present
day. Originally published in 1973, with an expanded edition in 1987, this
third edition contains a new chapter and preface that cover the renewed
debate on policy and drug legislation from the end of the Reagan administration
to the present Clinton administration. 448 pages, paperback, $17.95, Less 20% |
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Booklist: "Arguing that many of the social and economic costs popularly attributed to drug use are in fact consequences of drug criminalization, Duke and Gross urge a policy of regulated legalization as the best way to minimize the harm drugs cause. |
Some of this material is familiar, but Duke
and Gross marshal statistics and clinical studies effectively, moving
from studies of the effects of specific legal and illegal drugs through
a review of the historical approaches to drug use and an examination of
the cost of prohibiting drugs--in terms of crime, freedom, autonomy, constitutional
rights, health, and safety--to an explanation of reasons why the drug
war can't succeed ("A `drug-free' society is no more attainable than a
`sex-free' society") and a discussion of different forms of legalization.
The harm-minimization approach Duke and Gross support emphasizes prevention
and education, easy access to treatment, research and use of therapeutic
drugs, public health programs to reduce the death and disease, and--like
Elliott Currie's Reckoning --recognition that, among the poorest Americans,
drug use will remain commonplace until the nation addresses basic issues
of poverty, employment, housing, and health care. A clear, heavily documented
statement of the argument for declaring peace in the war against drugs." Kirkus Reviews: "A harshly critical but trenchant look at the war on drugs, the 'failure' of which leads the authors to propose realistic, achievable solutions that go beyond mere legalization. Duke (Law/Yale) and Gross, a California attorney, urge that drug abuse be viewed as a health problem, not a criminal one. While $50 billion is spent annually on the drug war, criminal sanctions, it seems, only increase the profits for the dealers." paperback, 350 pages, $13.95 |
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The
Andean Cocaine Industry Patrick L. Clawson, Rensselaer Lee Using never-before unearthed information culled from extensive field research, the authors here reveal the configuration of the drug industry in South America, from the original cultivation of coca to the sale of cocaine on the streets of the United States--and analyze the economic and political impact of the drug business on the Andean nations. "Highly recommended for academic libraries." Library Journal 282 pages, paperback, 5.5x8.3", $16.95, Less 20% |
 The Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy: The Conspiracy and Coverup by William W Turner & Jonn G Christian |
Mike Ruppert, the
CopvCia:"The
absolute best work on the assassination of Bobby Kennedy by my two friends,
former FBI agent Bill Turner and former ABC News, San Francisco Bureau
Chief, Jonn Christian. There's much that needs to be added to this book
- and probably will. But after reading it you will know that LAPD was
connected to CIA and that it actively covered up the truth that Sirhan
did not kill RFK." Recounts the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy and the arrest of Sirhan Sirhan, providing shocking evidence that Los Angeles police had information suggesting that Sirhan did not act alone. Original. Was Sirhan a "Manchurian Candidate," programmed through hypnosis to kill Robert Kennedy? If Sirhan was facing Kennedy, why were his fatal wounds in the back of his head? This updated edition raises these and other questions regarding one of the greatest unsolved political murders in US history. Photos. paperback, 432 pages, $18.95, Less 25% |
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Seal, the most successful
drug smuggler in American history, was also — and not coincidentally —
a lifelong CIA agent, one of the most famous who ever lived, active in
everything from the Bay of Pigs to Watergate to the Kennedy Assassination.
And all this before becoming famous for importing tons of cocaine through
Mena, Arkansas in the Scandal that won’t go away. The story of Barry Seal
is the story of what happens when guys we pay to protect us — CIA guys
— go into business with guys we’re paying them to protect us against..
“Made” guys. Mobsters… Organized Crime. Ripping the ‘official story’ on
the so-called “Clinton Scandals” to shreds, Barry and ‘the Boys’ breaks
the biggest scoop of all about the Arkansas Drug Connection: where the
money went. And goes… Did the big-time “players” in small ‘backwards’ Arkansas — Bill Clinton, Vince Foster, Jackson Stephens, Jim Blair, Don Tyson — stand idly by while Barry Seal made billions of dollars importing cocaine through their state? Or were the “goings-on in Mena” of Barry and ‘the boys’ just the continuation of… ‘business as usual?’ America’s Secret History—Revealed: You’ll learn about the incredible involvement with Seal’s narcotics smuggling organization of top officials in both major American political parties… Republican Attorney General Ed Meese… Democratic National Chairman Charles Manatt… Al Gore’s Campaign Chairman, Tony Coelho… You’ll discover why a young Arkansas Attorney named Bill Clinton signed a “get-out-of-jail-free” personal recognizance bond for Barry Seal, after Seal had been jailed for drug smuggling in Mena…in the ‘70’s. And you’ll learn of the suspicious and long-lasting link between ‘smuggler’ Barry Seal and the Bush Family, Senior and Junior. Most importantly, you’ll discover why a photograph taken by a night club photographer in a Mexico City nightspot ten months before the Kennedy assassination holds the key to the shadowy organization responsible for the massive corruption in Bill Clinton's Arkansas twenty years later… Commenting on the CIA’s affair with the Mafia, L.B.J.’s press secretary, Bill Moyers said, “Once we decide that anything goes, anything can come home to haunt us.” After you’ve read Barry and ‘the boys’ you’ll understand what he meant. About the Author Daniel Hopsicker was the Executive producer of a business show airing internationally on NBC when, while shooting a feature story in Arkansas during production of the pilot for a new show, he became aware that, in the words of one top federal law enforcement offficial, "Things ain't always been jes' right round here." Hardcover, 518 pages, $29.95 |
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This Cuban version
of the Bay of Pigs is based on Cuban counterintelligence archives and
quotes extensively from secret reports prepared by Cuban double agents
who had penetrated the anti-Castro groups seeking to overthrow the new
revolutionary government. This new information on the invasion has not
up until now been available to researchers and historians. No CIA document
on the Bay of Pigs can be read in the same way after the publication of
this Cuban account of the invasion and its aftermath. paperback, 180 pages, $16.95, Less 15% |
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 The Birth of Heroin and the Demonization of the Dope Fiend Th. Metzger traces heroin back to its inceptual roots as opium, and explains the uses to which the latex of papaver somniferum has been put throughout Western history. He explains the evolution of opium into morphine, and that drug's medical applications and inclusion in many patent medicines at the turn of the century. |
Metzger also provides an account of the discovery of heroin by British chemist C.R.A. Wright in 1874, and the subsequent shepherding of this astounding substance into worldwide usage, a process initially overseen by Carl Dulsberg of Germany's Bayer Company, and later by the I.G. Farben chemical cartel. At first, heroin was widely used and hailed as a "triumph over
pain." But as the American cult of purity began to emerge, heroin
was rapidly demonized. Through unprincipled and sensationalized media
exhortations, it was tied to alien immigration from Asia, or "the
Yellow Peril," which was perceived by isolationists (such as newspaperback
magnate William Randolph Hearst) as a threat to social order, and the
stereotype of the diabolic Oriental drug fiend was soon fabricated and
installed firmly within the American collective psyche. In time, heroin came to be associated with defilement, sin, and disease,
and the hypodermic needle became a potent symbol of moral and physical
transgressions. The American temperance crusade and eugenics movement
were other contributing factors in the process of heroin's fall from
grace and the dope fiend's ultimate scapegoating as the lowest of the
low. Seminal American antidrug czar Harry J. Anslinger furthered this
cultural pogrom, adding to it an antipathy towards African and Hispanic
Americans, and disingenuoulsy linking those ethnic groups with heroin
usage. Metzger also traces the activities of many other influential
individuals who contributed to the public's skewed perception of the
drug and its devotees over the years. Today, heroin and its users have become synonymous with devolution and degeneracy. How this came to be makes for a fascinating tale. 232 pages, paperback, 5.5x8.5", $15.00 |
 Bitter Fruit The Story of the American Coup in Guatemala Stephen Schlesinger & Stephen Kinzer |
Bitter Fruit recounts in telling detail the CIA operation
to overthrow the democratically elected government of Jacobo Arbenz of
Guatemala in 1954. The 1982 book has become a classic, a textbook case
study of Cold War meddling that succeeded only to condemn Guatemala to
decades of military dictatorship. The authors make extensive use of U.S.
government publications and documents, as well as interviews with former
CIA and other officials. The Harvard edition includes a powerful new introduction
by historian John Coatsworth, Director of the David Rockefeller Center
for Latin American Studies; an insightful prologue by Richard Nuccio,
former State Department official who revealed recent evidence of CIA misconduct
in Guatemala to Congress; and a compelling afterword by coauthor Stephen
Kinzer, now Istanbul bureau chief for the New York Times, summarizing
developments that led from the 1954 coup to the peace accords that ended
Guatemala's civil strife forty years later. paperback, 331 pages, $19.95 |
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Blank
Check The Pentagon's Black Budget Tim Weiner NY Times Book Review: "Mr. Weiner does an excellent job of describing the history of the creation of the black {i.e. classified} budget and pointing out the abuses that can occur when public disclosure is limited. 'Blank Check' should be read for that reason alone. . . . Mr. Weiner initiated an inquiry during the Reagan years into the extent of the black budget and the reasons for its growth. For this he won a Pulitzer Prize. 'Blank Check' expands his analysis to include all of the intelligence activities of the United States Government over the past 50 years..." |
 Born Fi' Dead A Journey Through the Jamaican Posse Underworld Laurie Gunst The title is island patois for "born but to die.'' Among the ethnic gangs that rule America's inner cities, none has had the impact of the Jamaican posses. Spawned in the ghettos of Kingston as mercenary street-fighters for the island's |
politicians, the posses began migrating to the United States
in the early 1980s. They rode the crack wave to fame, fortune - and often
early death. Feared and honored for being "harder than the rest,"
these Jamaican cocaine syndicates laid claim to their new American territory
with outlaw bravura and a ruthlessness that was immortalized in song;
the raw dance hall music born of their world defined "gangsta"
culture for a generation of angry sufferers in Jamaica, America, and England.
The posses are part of the Third World diaspora that is changing the face
of the United States, yet they live in a world few Americans will ever
know. The voices of their young soldiers go unheard, silenced early by
the guns that both distinguish and destroy their lives. They see themselves
as legendary desperadoes in the best Hollywood tradition, taking their
aliases from the spaghetti-western gunfighters and Mafia dons whose style
they revere. Drawn to the posses by their fusion of Wild West fantasy
and brutal reality, Laurie Gunst spent a decade moving with the gang members
between Jamaica and America. She slowly became a player in her own story;
entangled in the web of the gunmen's lives and those of the law enforcement
officials who tracked them. "You are not here to say who is good
and who is bad," one Kingston ally warned her. "You should only
be committed to reality." Born Fi' Dead is her portrait of the posses,
the first account of Jamaica's international gangs. 272 pages, paperback, 5.5x8.3", $13.95, Less 20% |
 The Boys On The Tracks Mara Leveritt Kirkus Reviews: Award-winning investigative reporter Leveritt's debut is a wrecking-ball tale of tragedy, malfeasance, and machine politics that resembles an all-true Arkansas Confidential. In 1987, Linda Ives suffered a parental worst-nightmare when her son and a friend were run over by a train, whose crew observed them supine and covered with a tarp before impact. Local law enforcement attributed the deaths to a massive overdose of marijuana and dismissed the crews tale as optical illusion, in the |
first of many suspicious official fumbles. Ives compelled
a series of investigations that began promisingly yet were inexplicably
stifled by such malign forces as the states notoriously incompetent medical
examiner (protected by then-Governor Clinton) and an admired local prosecutor
who championed her cause as camouflage for his own criminal activities.
As years passed, and more unsolved killings occurred, Ives assembled evidence
that the boys had stumbled upon a diffuse conspiracy involving CIA-backed
air suppliers to the Contras, who ran an enormous cocaine-trafficking
operation from a remote airport. Fanciful as this may sound, Leveritt
documents how Ivess quest for transparency was consistently stymied, first
by local agencies, then the state police, finally by the FBI. A portrait
emerges of state governance as a deeply corrupted good-ol'-boy network,
funded by drug money and protected by blackmail and violence. Leveritts
prose is less than taut, and she too often indulges in repetitive emotional
rhetoric regarding the Iveses loss. That said, her investigatory efforts
seem impeccable; little within this page-turner reads as implausible conspiracy
theory. Unlike many works that have dug for the dirt of the Clinton gubernatorial
era, this is an authentically shocking, deeply unsettling portrait of
contemporary American power backstopped by arrogance and callous greedand
of the drug war as a weapon of social control from which insiders enjoy
impunity. One hopes for sufficient outrage garnered to substitute for
justice denied; also, for an inevitable movie adaptation that wont dilute
the storys uglier civic dimensions. 384 pages, hardcover, $25.95, Less 30% |
 Brief History of Drugs From the Stone Age to the Stoned Age by Antonio Escohotado, Kenneth A. Symington (Translator) Ralph Metzner, Ph.D., author of The Unfolding Self and Green Psychology: 'A fascinating and informative history of humankind's checkered and often ambivalent relationship with psychoactive plants and drugs. |
From the role of the opium poppy in ancient Mesopotamia and the ergot-based mystery cult of Eleusis, through the opium wars in China and the persecution of medieval herbalist witches, up to the 'psychedelic rebellion' of the sixties and the insanities of the current 'war on drugs,' Eschohotado covers an enormous subject with scholarly acumen and brings the light of reason to bear on topics often shrouded in bigotry, ignorance, and cupidity. Highly recommended!' A reader: 'This wonderful new volume is a very readable and informative condensation of and expansion on Escohotado own previous publication, the lengthy three-volume 'Historia General de las Drogas'. Here, in a text finely balanced with history and science, he traces humanity's affair with drugs and intoxicants beginning with the third millenium B.C., and leading up to the modern hi-tech psycheledics. He traces some of the most popular drugs like caffeine and hemp back to their surprisingly early origins. Taking into account the involvement of drugs in early religious festivities, he offers an analysis how they've made an easy move from there to a more secular, pleasure-seeking culture, accompanied by the parallel villification of drugs by religion, the institution that played a leading role in their introduction to society. This concise book will make readers aware of the extent of the spread of drugs through history, and of the hopelessness of all attempts to make them disappear from future history as well.' Paperback - 160 pages, $12.95 |
 The Case for Legalizing Drugs Richard Lawrence Miller On the 75th anniversary of the Harrison Narcotic Act that unleashed the federal anti-drug crusade, historian Richard Lawrence Miller explores the origins, purposes, and effects of America's drug war. |
Thoroughly documented, this book assembles diverse findings
by chemists, biologists, pharmacologists, psychologists, sociologists,
anthropologists, historians, prosecutors, police officers, and drug users
themselves. The resulting mosaic argues that most problems associated
with illicit drugs are caused by laws restricting them. This book is a
realistic appraisal of legalization, vital to anyone concerned about illicit
drugs, public policy, and democracy. From Library Journal: "Miller, an historian (Heritage of Fear; Truman) and radio producer, adds to an increasing chorus of American opinion in favor of drug legalization by marshaling an extraordinary number of sources and historical analogies to Prohibition and the time preceding 1914 when narcotics were legal. His chapter on the mythic attributes we give to drug users is unique, but he also includes all the usual legalization arguments. Miller omits some evidence for the opposing viewpoint, and he dogmatically overstates his case. Still, a book so clearly and popularly written will convince almost any reader to question, at the least, accepted public policies and pieties." 247 pages, hardcover, $29.95, Less 30% |
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Olmstead delivers a fascinating and lively
expose of how the Washington press corps -- faced with a real opportunity
in the 1970s to bring light and accountability into one of the darkest
corners of our government -- turned tail and ran. Her book goes a long
way towards explaining why media coverage of the so-called 'intelligence
community' is so lame and subservient, even to this day. Well-written,
thoroughly enjoyable, and damned infuriating." From Stanley I. Kutler - The Nation: "Olmsted has provided a useful summary of the Frank Church and Otis Pike investigations. She has mastered the voluminous reports of the C.I.A.'s sensational domestic and foreign transgressions, including planned assassinations of foreign leaders. In addition, she addresses the question of how Congress, the executive branch, the American people and, most of all, the media responded to the investigations. Her conclusions are devastating: Congressional leadership had little interest in pursuing the charges; Gerald Ford's White House, recognizing the complicity of the executive branch, fought skillfully to limit and discredit the inquiries; and the media proved to be a useful, compliant accomplice of both." paperback, 255 pages, $17.95 |
 The Chomsky Reader |
From Peter Osborne - New Statesman: "A number of things
stand out. One is the sheer geographical range of interests, as he records
the grim consequences of America's global role. Another, the thematic
unity which nonetheless underlies and structures his depiction of that
role. A third is the single-mindedness andmoral seriousness with which
he pursues his theme: the steady accumulation ofevidence, the clarity
and directness of the narrative line, the incisive use of historical and
cross-cultural comparisons." The Chomsky Reader brings together for the first time the political thought of America's leading dissident intellectual--"arguably the most important intellectual alive."--The New York Times paperback, 1987, 492 pages, $18.00, Less 20% |
 The Chomsky Trilogy Secrets, Lies and Democracy/the Prosperous Few and the Restless Many/What Uncle Sam Really Wants (The Real Story Series) by Noam Chomsky |
In these fact-filled, illusion-shattering masterpieces,
the man the "New York Times" called "arguably the most important intellectual
alive," explains why "what the public wants is called 'politically unrealistic.'
Translated into English, that means power and privilege are opposed to
it." Normally somewhat difficult to read, Chomsky is at his most accessible
in his speeches and interviews, and that's what these books are compiled
from. Here are some examples of what he has to tell you: In 1970, about
90% of international capital was used for trade and long-term investment-more
or less productive things--and 10% reserved for speculation. By 1990,
those figures were reversed. Haiti, a starving island, is exporting food
to the U.S.--about 35 times as much under Clinton as under Bush. The gap
between how much income is held by the richest and poorest 20 has increased
dramatically over the past 30 years--about double for rich vs. poor countries
and far more for rich vs. poor people. Noam Chomsky is Institute Professor
of Linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and is the
author of many books on U.S. foreign policy. paperback, 333 pages, $22.00, Less 20% |
 Coca, Cocaine and the Bolivian Reality by Madeline Barbara Leons & Harry Sanabria, Editors |
Published in 1997, these 12 subtle and sophisticated essays
by astute field researchers communicate the anthropological and political
realities of the drug war. Topics include: The Coca Field as a Total Social
Fact; Coca, Cash, and hardcover in Highland Bolivia: The Chapare and Transformations
in a "Traditional" Andean Textile Economy; Cocataki, Taki-Coca:
Trade, Traffic, and Organized Peasant Resistance in the Yungas of La Paz;
Coca growers who have organized to protect their livelihood; Coca substitution
programs that have provided no viable alternative; and the repressive
legal and extra-legal apparatus which has been mobilized to turn independent
growers into coca-leaf sharecroppers mass-producing cocaine. Argues that
the United States' efforts to eradicate coca growth in Bolivia has in
fact institutionalized the flow of cocaine to consuming countries. 310 pages, paperback, 6x9", $19.95 |
 Cocaine Politics Drugs, Armies, and the CIA in Central America Peter Dale Scott, Jonathan Marshall "This important, explosive report forcefully argues that the 'war on drugs' is largely a sham, as the U.S. government is one of the world's largest drug pushers. . . . Scott and Marshall call for immediate political action to end Washington's complicity. Their heavily |
documented book deserves a wide audience".--Publishers
Weekly Library Journal: "Coauthor Marshall's recent Drug Wars ( LJ 2/15/91) shows how Washington overlooks or supports drug trafficking as part of its efforts to thwart Third World communism around the world. This new book explores in detail the tangled connection between the Nicaraguan Contras, U.S. support for them, and drugs. Marshall and Scott argue that the United States might actually have furthered the flow of cocaine from Central America to the States by colluding with anti-Sandinista forces. Government intimidation of witnesses, a complacent Congress, and timid media have served to keep this a quiet story. Extensive interviews, government records, and secondary sources (enough, in fact, to produce over 60 pages of cited sources), are used to document in great detail how the war on communism took precedence over the war on drugs. An authoritiative account of a crucial but underpublicized issue." Robert Gardner - San Francisco Review of Books: "[The book is a] fascinating and frightening view into these wars, and shows why drug enforcement is remarkably ineffectual. . . . detailed and footnoted, showing how the CIA became intertwined with corrupt governments involved in the trade it was assigned to fight. Characters and connections are set forth, making for a readable reference work and a staggering story." 279 pages, paperback, $15.95, Less 20% |
 Cointelpro Papers Documents from the Fbi's Secret Wars Against Domestic Dissent |
Ward Churchill, Jim Vander Wall A reader: "The more times I use this book as a reference, the more I find. To call it a wealth of information is to wildly understate the case. It is more like a bottomless pit... At first glance, the book's most impressive attribute is the large number of documents which are reproduced (a picture's worth a thousand words, I guess). But then one find's one's self getting caught up in the explanatory narrative, and the documents shift into their proper background or ullustrational focus. And then there's the notes, hundreds of them, each brimming with detailed explanations of particular points, citations, suggested readings. There's just no end to it. If one were to be allowed only one book on the FBI, this would definitiely be it!" 467 pages, paperback, $22.00, Less 20% |
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Compromised
Clinton, Bush & the CIA by Terry Reed and John Cummings A much-praised seminal effort by a Contra pilot trainer and arms manufacturer inescapably caught in the massive CIA cocaine-for-arms operation being run out of Governor Bill Clinton's Arkansas. Facing life in prison for collusion in it, Reed chose to tell all. Brilliant, courageous, incendiary - and opportunistic. But this guy can prove, with photos and court decisions, much of what he's saying. paperback, 682 pages, $18.95, Less 20% |
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Confessions
of a Dope Dealer A reader: 'I really enjoyed reading Confessions of a Dope Dealer. I picked it up and finished it in only two days. I had been looking for a good memoir about growing up as a drug dealer, and with a title like this, how could I go wrong? What I found was a curiously honest book about a young man growing up in the aftermath of the sixties, under the shadow of Raygunomics. A wonderfull read for anyone interested in dope, dealing, the Dead, or the eighties.' Paperback - 352 pages, $19.95 |
 Conspirator's Hierarchy The Story of the Committee of 300 |
John Coleman The publisher: "This book written by a former MI 6 Intelligence agent, rips off the lid off the conspiratorial group that knows no national boundaries, is ABOVE the laws of every aspect of politics, religion, commerce,industry, banking,insurance mining and even the drug trade. Learn how this small ELITE GROUP, which is answerable to no one except its members, has pulled the strings and manipulates the affairs of the entire world." Unfortunately, this is not pr hyperbole, though it sounds like it. Coleman is a senior-level heavyweight and can prove it, both by life's experience and by acuteness of evidence and reasoning. He has the visceral feel for power, and the experience of it. paperback, 296 pages, $16.95 |
 Cops 'n Dopers 2000: Policias y Drogueros A Peoples Guide to the 4th Amendment, or How to Avoid a Bust IN ENGLISH Y ESPAÑOL by Andrew von Sonn Cops 'n Dopers 2000 uses cartoons and a game format to communiate the rules which set out the criteria whereby the state (usually the police) may intrude on your privacy. We try to give you the knowledge you need to help you to protect your privacy and to deal with confrontations should they occur, whether you are in your home, in your garden, in your car or in a public place. This 2000 Millenium Edition is now available. For those of you who aren't clear on what the 4th Amendment is about here's a brief look: |
The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution reads as follows: "Unreasonable searches and seizures. The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized." This can all get pretty complex, but, to begin with, what this means to you is that if you are arrested, and if the evidence against you was seized (obtained, gotten) in violation of the Fourth Amendment, the state cannot use the evidence against you. High Times: 'Cops and Dopers looks like a coloring book, or maybe one of those "travel fun" books you played with in the car on long trips as a kid just prior to throwing up. You won't get sick when you read Cops and Dopers, but your stomach may tighten a bit. Because by reading this cleverly designed guide to understanding your Fourth Amendment rights, you'll realize that ignorance of your rights could spell dire consequences. Cops and Dopers thoroughly covers your right to privacy. The book is actually laid out as a game, with rules that cover the boundaries of search laws, consent laws, reasonable suspicion and probable cause to search your house or car. But it's a game for grown-ups. Find out what rights nosy cops have. Know when to refuse illegal requests. It's your car, it's your house. Demand your right to privacy. All the information is right up-to-the-minute stuff. There's even a section on helicopter flyovers. More than anything else, the author, Andrew von Sonn, wants the players to recognize that this game is deadly real, and asks readers to 'Wake up and get high on freedom!'' $9.95 |
 Cracked Coverage Television News, the Anti-Cocaine Crusade, and the Reagan Legacy Jimmie Reeves & Richard Campbell |
Contemporary Sociology: "Reeves and Campbell have produced
a much-needed analysis. . . . The authors briefly mention a number of
areas in which additional research could paint a more complete picture
of the 1980s drug war. While they focused only on network news coverage,
a number of documentaries and countless television and radio talk shows
addressed the crack issue in 1986 and after. For an alternativeview of
crack and inner-city life, the growing body of work by rap artists, particularly
gangster rappers, is discussed. Rappers were detailing police abuses of
their new mandate long before the Rodney King video ever surfaced. Further
analysis of these perspectives is certainly warranted. . . . The authors,who
both teach communications, make excellent use of previous sociological
research regarding media coverage of crime. The result is a book that
provides a fine summary of the current crime and media field." paperback, 330 pages, $19.95 |
 Crossfire The Plot That Killed Kennedy by Jim Marrs |
"The big daddy of the conspiracy books on the JFK assassination,
and one that can't be taken lightly. A sheer tour de force that may be
the final word until 2039--when government files on the case can be unlocked."--Kirkus
Reviews. Publisher's Weekly: "Twenty-five years after the event, assassination books continue to appear. Marrs, a Dallas-area journalist who teaches a college course on the event, has, however, produced a special one. Its nearly 600 pages are jammed with detail on every aspect of the shooting, the investigations, the suspicions that fell on the Mafia, the FBI, the CIA, anti-Castro Cubans--all the usual suspects. For its comprehensiveness alone, this would be the one book for anyone seeking a really thorough examination of the assassination (but it sorely needs an index)." paperback, 620 pages, $13.95, Less 20% |
 Dark Alliance The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion Gary Webb In July 1995, San Jose Mercury-News reporter Gary Webb found the Big One--the blockbuster story every journalist secretly dreams about--without even looking for it. A simple phone call concerning an unexceptional pending drug trial turned into a massive conspiracy involving the Nicaraguan Contra rebels, L.A. and Bay Area crack cocaine dealers, and the Central Intelligence Agency. For several years during the 1980s, Webb discovered, Contra elements shuttled thousands of |
tons of cocaine into the United States, with the profits
going toward the funding of Contra rebels attempting a counterrevolution
in their Nicaraguan homeland. Even more chilling, Webb quickly realized,
was that the massive drug-dealing operation had the implicit approval--and
occasional outright support--of the CIA, the very organization entrusted
to prevent illegal drugs from being brought into the United States. Within the pages of Dark Alliance, Webb produces a massive amount of evidence that suggests that such a scenario did take place, and more disturbing evidence that the powers that be that allowed such an alliance are still determined to ruthlessly guard their secrets. Webb's research is impeccable--names, dates, places, and dollar amounts gather and mount with every page, eventually building a towering wall of evidence in support of his theories. After the original series of articles ran in the Mercury-News in late 1996, both Webb and his paperback were so severely criticized by political commentators, government officials, and other members of the press that his own newspaperback decided it best not to stand behind the series, in effect apologizing for the assertions and disavowing his work. Webb quit the paper in disgust in November 1997. The Nation, Jo Ann Kawell: "I find his argument to be very well documented, very careful and very convincing. In fact, the readability of the book suffers a bit from what seems to have been a fear that if he didn't include absolutely every bit of evidence he had unearthed, he would open himself up to new criticisms of inadequate reporting--but this editor's quibble shouldn't stop anyone from buying and reading Dark Alliance. Long-time followers of the contra tale are likely to find new revelations in the book." 608 pages, paperback, $18.95, Less 20% |
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A classic account of the deeds and deceptions
of the CIA by one of the Agency’s most prized recruits. Ralph McGehee
spent 25years in the CIA, from 1952–1977. He entered a super-patriot at
the height of the Cold War; he left disillusioned and shattered by what
he had seen and learned, especially in Vietnam where he saw a tragic and
senseless war develop. "Ralph McGehee’s 'Deadly Deceits' is one of the
outstanding books written by former CIA agents." -- Alexander Cockburn
and Jeffrey St. Clair "Deadly Deceits is essential reading for everyone
who cares about freedom and dares to know what our CIA agents do in our
name." -- Ramsey Clark, former U.S. Attorney General paperback, 230 pages, $17.95 Less 20% |
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its own adjustment
to prolonging and deepening the cold war but that this adjustment can't
be seen merely as an effort of nefarious power grabbers but rather as
a synergism emerging from many interrelated political layers reacting
to each other. The author is less interested in actual facts than in working
toward public control of political life. To do this, he uses a huge magnifying
glass he calls ``deep politics''--the study of ``political practices and
arrangements that are usually repressed rather than acknowledged.'' The
JFK assassination, he contends, is only one of four incapacitating political
crises in Washington since WW II: The others are McCarthyism, Watergate,
and the Iran-contra scandal, which, along with the JFK killing, have striking
continuities in personnel, supranational ties, and outcome. Scott warns:
``I am not suggesting that the four crises were part of some single conspiracy,
only that we recognize that in all cases the outcome was roughly the same:
a prolongation of a system committed to the Cold War.'' His chief villain
is J. Edgar Hoover, the real power behind McCarthyism, McCarthy himself
having been a weak arm of systematic governmental violence that increased
during Hoover's incumbency and that involved organized crime, assassination
of black leaders, CIA assassinations, and much, much more. A kind of Rosetta
stone for cracking open the deepest darkness in American politics. Will
test the most well-informed." paperback, 416 pages, $15.95, Less 20% |
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this book as an all-time classic in its field." Unclassified Magazine
of National Security Alumni "This extraordinary book ... is required reading
for anyone concerned with national security system abuses ... a moving
book by a man of integrity deeply affected by the injustice, criminality,
and suffering he has seen and personally experienced over the past two
decades ... it's a hell of a good read." Details and documents in an easy-to-read form 30 years of government intrigue within the United States and overseas, as discovered or participated in by the author and his coalition of over three dozen present and former agents of the CIA, DIA, FBI, INS, Customs, DEA. A classic of government whistleblowers revealing serious government misconduct that rarely surfaces in the media. No conspiracy theories; lots of facts and documentation. Detailed misconduct and corruption within the Justice Department, the federal courts, Congress, media coverups. A pattern of scandals that makes it easier for the average person to understand the behind-the-scene events. hardcover, $28.00 |
 Deterring Democracy by Noam Chomsky Library Journal: "This collection of essays emphasizes the destructive |
impact of American
foreign policy in Central America. Supporting chapters interpret the origins
of American global intervention, the creation of domestic consensus, and
the effects of the ``war on drugs.'' Much effort is devoted to exposing
the ``framework of illusion'' that obscures the real objectives of violent
repression in the Third World, ``punishing the underclass'' at home and
protecting the conditions for ``business rule'' generally. Some readers
will find Chomsky's style exaggerated and tendentious. Few scholars believe
a 1952 Soviet proposal for a neutral unified Germany were remotely as
straightforward as Chomsky assumes. Nevertheless, the author's sheer intellectual
power and his command of sources amounts to a troubling indictment of
Washington's official lies and sanctioned brutality, a situation unchallenged
by the mainstream press. Recommended for academic and larger public libraries." paperback, 421 pages, $16.00, Less 20% |
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Drug
Control in a Free Society James B. Bakalar, Lester Grinspoon A provocative analysis of the philosophical, sociological, and historical background of the attempt to control consciousness-altering drugs in modern industrial societies. Compares the individual's rights with those of the government and its obligations to protect its citizens. 192 pages, paperback, $17.95 |
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Drug
Control Policy Essays in Historical and Comparative Perspective William O. Walker, editor Through the Past Darkly; The Politics and Policies of America's Drug War; Drug Legalization, the Drug War, and Drug Treatment in Historical Perspective; Fast Crabs and Cigarette Boats: A Speculative Essay; Opium, Tungsten, and the Search for National Security, 1940-1952; Shutting Out the Evil: Nativism and Narcotics Control in the United States; Conflicts of Interest in the International Drug Control System; Bibliographic Essay; Contributors 176 pages, paperback, $16.95 |
 Drug Crazy How We Got into This Mess and How We Can Get Out Mike Gray Drug Crazy is a scathing indictment of America's decades-long "war on drugs," an expensive and hypocritical folly which has essentially benefited only two classes of people: professional anti-drug advocates and drug lords. |
Did you know that
a presidential commission determined that marijuana is neither an addicitve
substance nor a "stepping stone" to harder drugs ... only to
have President Nixon shelve the embarrassing final report and continue
the government's policy of inflated drug addiction statistics? Did you
know that several medical experts agree that "cold turkey" methods
of withdrawal are essentially ineffective and recommend simply prescribing
drugs to addicts ... and that communities in which this has been done
report lower crime rates and reduced unemployment among addicts as a result?
Whether he's writing about the American government's strong-arm tactics toward critics of its drug policy or the reduction of countries like Colombia and Mexico to anarchic killing zones by powerful cartels, Mike Gray's analysis has an immediacy and a clarity worth noting. The passage of "medical marijuana" bills in California and Arizona (where the bill passed by a nearly 2-to-1 majority) indicates that people are getting fed up with the government's Prohibition-style tactics toward drugs. Drug Crazy just might speed that process along. Los Angeles Times Sunday Book Review: "The sanity he brings to the subject is refreshing." 240 pages, hardcover, 6x8.6", $23.95 |
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"...will set the standard for the history of international drug control...an outstanding and superior piece of work." William O. Walker III, Florida International University Drug Diplomacy in the Twentieth Century is the first comprehensive
historical account of the evolution of the global drug regime. The book
analyzes how the rules and regulations that encompass the drug question
came to be framed and examines the international historical aspects
of this global problem. Including coverage of substances from heroin
and cocaine to morphine, hallucinogens and alcohol, the book discusses
topics such as: the historical development of drug-control laws and
institutions; the relationship between the drug question and issues
like trade policy, the Cold War and medical considerations; and reasons
why the goal to eliminate drug abuse has been so difficult to accomplish.
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 Drug Hate And The Corruption of American Justice |
David Sadofsky Baggins
The hatred of drugs, according to this book, is the axis of politics that has fundamentally shifted the nation's policy format--from the progressive orientation that dominated from the time of Roosevelt to the Sixties, to the punitive orientation that emerged during the Nixon presidency and continues to this day. This triumph of the political use of drug hate is simultaneously a disaster in policy consequences as it corrupts the criminal justice system, exacerbates class inequality, drains public resources, and denies the public their Constitutional heritage. Sadofsky Baggins shows that the political success of the domestic war has overwhelmed the policy failure in the nation's deliberations. 181 pages, hardcover,$49.95 |
 Drug Lord The Life and Death of a Mexican Kingpin Terrence E. Poppa, Peter Lupsha During the last years of his violent life, Pablo Acosta smuggled a staggering 60 tons of cocaine a year into the United States-one third of the total U.S. consumption. |
Set only miles from the Texas border, Drug Lord is an extraordinary inside look at how drug trafficking really works in Mexico. Based on interviews with Acosta and other insiders, Poppa weaves a tale of the smuggler's rise from humble beginnings, his violent struggle to maintain control over his empire, the treachery and over-indulgence that fostered his downfall, and his grisly death at the hands of the judiciales, the Mexican federal police he had been paying off for years and who turned against him when he was no longer of use. Drug Lord was first published in 1990. The new, critically acclaimed version is an essential update with never before published information about Pablo Acosta's partner, Amado Carrillo Fuentes. Carrillo Fuentes, the infamous "Lord of the Skies," took over where Acosta left off and built the greatest narcotics smuggling organization ever in the Western Hemisphere. The new version, about 100 pages longer than the original work, also tracks the career of the fearsome Comandante Calderoni, the Mexican federal police commander who killed Acosta. Calderoni later defected to the United States, gaining asylum here after spilling his guts to the FBI about the involvement of the Mexican presidential family in drug trafficking. 364 pages, paperback, $14.95, Less 20% |
 Drug Politics: Dirty Money and Democracies by David C Jordan DRUG POLITICS is an enlightening new book by a man who knows this disturbing and dangerous subject. A former United States ambassador to Peru, David C. Jordan has testified before the U.S. Senate and House Foreign Relations committees and has consulted with various government security organizations. |
His account of government protection of the criminal elements
intertwined with local and global politics challenges many of the assumptions
of current drug policies. Using examples from South America, Mexico, Russia,
and the United States, Jordan shows that the narcotics problem is not
merely one of supply and demand, the post-Cold War globalization process
is not necessarily benign, the democratization of formerly autocratic
states does not guarantee a new era of democratic peace, and organized
crime is not confined to specific ethnic groups. Jordan explains that
the theory of supply-and-demand ignores or downplays the fact that the
drug trade depends on state cooperation and compliance to sustain multibillion-dollar
levels of illicit global commerce. He exposes features of the globalization
process that permit wealthy elites to operate outside accountable political
processes and reveals how organized crime develops under political protection,
becomes multiethnic, and forges transnational alliances. Jordan argues
that many national and international financial systems are dependent on
cash from money laundering, and some governments are far more involved
in protecting than in combating criminal cartels. Sure to stimulate debate,
DRUG POLITICS makes a strong case for a reexamination of American and
international policies in the drug and culture wars. 304 pages, hardcover, 6x9", $22.58 less 20% |
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Drug
Smuggling The Forbidden Book by K. Hawkeye Gross This is a self help book on drug smuggling by someone who has been on the inside of the business for sixteen years and has made most of the mistakes there are to make. It has nothing to do with weapons and shoot-outs; that kind of hype comes from Hollywood and Washington. It's about avoiding mistakes, knowing the opponent, and capitalizing on the one big advantage the smuggler has; surprise. 133 pages 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" $16.95, Less 20% |
 Drug Testing at Work : A Guide for Employers by Beverly A. Potter, David E. Smith, J. Sebastian Orfali "This excellent book provides a comprehensive view and will be of benefit for both employers and employees." --David Smith, M.D., Haight Ashbury Free Clinic This comprehensive guide to drug testing in the workplace describes the tests and how they work, discusses the civil rights issues and tells how to set up a drug testing program. It tells how to reduce exposure to lawsuits and reveals how employees try to foil the test. Drug testing places employers in a dilemma. |
How can they protect public safety and maintain a drug-free workforce without violating employee rights? Some well-meaning employers have been sued. Some drug-free employees have tested positive. DRUG TESTING AT WORK is a guide for managers, school administrators, government and military officials, coaches and athletes, law enforcement and police, attorneys, unions, medical staff, and legislators. DRUG TESTING AT WORK includes: * Cost of drug use in the workplace * Technology of testing * Employer guidelines for drug testing * Methods used to beat the test * Charts, appendices, bibliography and index * Rationale for drug testing * Legal issues, court decisions * Protecting employee rights * Methods used to stop cheating * Dealing with positive test results Table of Contents: Forward; 1. Drug Usage Past And Present; 2. Social Cost Of Drug Abuse; 3. Drug Use On The Job; 4. Employer Liability; 5. Drug-Free Workplace Becomes Law; 6. Search And Seizure; 7. Right To Privacy; 8. Self-Incrimination And Due Process; 9.Discrimination; 10. Drug Abuse Prevention; 11. Deciding To Test; 12. Reasons For Drug Testing; 13. Establishing A Drug Testing Policy; 14. What Is Tested; 15. Testing Technology; 16. Drug Testing Basics; 17. Problems With Drug Testing; 18. Picking tests And Selecting Labs; 19. Responding To Positive Results; 20. Employee Assistance Programs; 21. Protecting Employee rights; 22. Getting Union Support; 23. How Employees Beat The Test; 24. How Employees Foil The Paperwork; Appendix A. National Drug Control Strategy; Appendix B. Sample Alcohol And Drug Abuse Policy; Appendix C. Sample Policy for State Employers; Appendix D. Bargaining Unit Agreement; Appendix E. Drug Testing Web Sites; Bibliography; Index Paperback - 240 pages, $24.95 |
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"Dan Russell is a paradigm shifter of the first order. This is a book that gives the world a whole new way to understand the cosmology of drugs, intelligence, shamanism, spirituality, assassination and war. |
If I had to pick five books to keep as the best understanding of the insanity, profit motive, Wall Street-driving, prison-industry-sustaining, intelligence-agency-protected system this would be one of them. An absolute must read for anyone coming from a legal, law enforcement or academic background. More than 1300 footnotes leave no stone unturned and a new dimension opened. Anyone who wants to understand the real issues raised by drugs and the drug war cannot afford to bypass this seminal work." Michael C. Ruppert, former LAPD narcotics investigator; anti-CIA activist; publisher/editor - From The Wilderness @ www.copvcia.com "I just finished Drug War. Wow! I have learned so much and enjoyed this read tremendously. Your book was a watershed event for me. It helped me 'see the world whole' and understand the drug business and the war on drugs in an important new way. We are all pressed for time, but reading your book was the ultimate time saver for me. There is nothing more powerful than understanding the chaos when you are in it....Your book is a monumental achievement....for goodness sakes this needs to get out asap. Excellent is excellent!" Catherine Austin Fitts, Federal Housing Commissioner, 1989-90; President, Solari, Inc.; www.solari.com "Dan Russell's Drug War goes to the heart of the so-called 'drug-problem',
really a 'prohibition-problem': extra-curricular drug- and gun-running
by numerous governments, with that of the United States at the head
of the list, its cynical and duplicitous 'war on drugs' notwithstanding
- nought but a racist war on the poor and disenfranchised, both nationally
and internationally, and withal a 'war on the drug competition'; nor
ought we to forget who invented modern money laundering shell-games,
nor who profits the most from them. I urge you to read Dan Russell's
shocking exposé - may it serve as a much-needed wake-up call!" Jonathan
Ott, author/co-author of Pharmacophilia Or The Natural Paradises,
Pharmacotheon, Persephone's Quest, The Road To Eleusis, Hallucinogenic
Plants of North America, The Age of Entheogens, etc. |
 Drug War Politics The Price of Denial Eva Bertram, Editor "Drug War Politics is an important and timely book. The authors capture the dynamics of the drug debate with uncanny accuracy. Too often, treatment and prevention get the short end of the stick in Congress, and this book explains why. Drug War politics makes a compelling case for bringing public-health principles to bear on the drug epidemic and is essential reading for serious students of the drug issue." Senator Edward M. Kennedy |
W.Q. Morales - Choice: "In the contemporary political climate this book is unquestionably apropos. The authors, . . . well-informed academic experts on counternarcotics policies, provide a well-organized, well-written, and well-researched critique of Washington's 'politics of denial.' . . . The authors' presentation and evaluation of alternatives is more appropriate for course readings than Dan Baum's Smoke and Mirrors: The War on Drugs and the Politics of Failure (1996), and turnsmore on domestic politics than Paul B. Stares's Global Habit: The Drug Problem in a Borderless World. Although what the book says is not new, how it says it is important and challenging, and will appeal to all readers interested in a renewed debate about the drug problem." Contents: The Drug War Syndrome; Three Fatal Flaws in the War on Drugs; The Collateral Damage of the War on Drugs; The Punitive Paradigm: The Early Struggles, 1900-1930; The Punitive Paradigm: Entrenchment and Challenge, 1930-1980; Presidential Drug Wars and the Narco-Enforcement Complex; Congress, the Electorate, and the Logic of Escalation; The Punitive Paradigm Revisited; Paradigm Shifts; Envisioning a Public-Health Paradigm; The Politics of Drug Reform; Afterword; Appendix 1. Trends in Drug-Control Spending; Appendix 2. Trends in Drug Prices; Appendix 3. Trends in Drug Use and Its Consequences; Notes; Bibliography; Index 349 pages, paperback, $17.95, Less 20% |
 Drug Warriors and Their Prey Richard Lawrence Miller The war on drugs is a war on ordinary people. Using that premise, historian Richard Lawrence Miller analyzes America's drug war with a passion seldom encountered in scholarly writing. Miller presents numerous examples of drug law enforcement gone amok, as police and courts threaten the happiness, property, and even lives of victims - some of whom are never charged with a drug crime, let alone convicted of one. Miller not only argues that criminal justice zealots are harming the democracy they are sworn to protect, but that authoritarians unfriendly |
to democracy are stoking public fear in order to convince
citizens to relinquish traditional legal rights. Those are the very rights
that thwart implementation of an agenda of social control through government
power. Miller contends that an imaginary "drug crisis" has been
manufactured by authoritarians in order to mask their war on democracy.
He not only examines numerous civil rights sacrificed in the name of drugs,
but demonstrates how their loss harms ordinary Americans in their everyday
lives. Showing how the war on drug users fits into a destruction process
that can lead to mass murder, Miller calls for an end to the war before
it proceeds deeper into the destruction process. Library Journal: "Independent researcher Miller continues the argument he began in The Case for Legalizing Drugs (LJ 4/15/91). Drawing on his latest book, Nazi Justiz (Praeger, 1995), he makes an extended analogy between Germany repressing the Jews and America repressing drug users. In chapters on identification, ostracism, confiscation, concentration, and annihilation, he shows that democracy, privacy, and family life can be lost in our society just as they were when these policies were applied to the Jews. Because of 'bureaucratic thrust,' the criminalization aimed at one group consumes the entire society. In contrast, Miller thinks drug use is normal and should be regarded as such; he marshals convincing evidence that it can be mature and responsible. If drugs are abused, he does not think criminalization or medical force are solutions, any more than they would be solutions to unemployment. Although many will find Miller's case overstated, it is thoughtful and thought-provoking. Recommended for most libraries." 255 pages, hardcover, $24.95, Less 30% |
 Drugging America: A Trojan Horse Rodney Stich Corruption in government, and the resulting harm inflicted upon innocent people. The purpose for writing this book is to inform as many people as possible of the dangers faced by men and women, and families, throughout the United States. The contents show that the so-called war-on-drugs is a cruel hoax upon the people of the United States by people holding key positions in the three branches of the federal government. This book will alert the reader to many of the covert activities in government, including those that |
target innocent people, reducing the possibility that the
reader and his or her family will become victimized. The author and his
many deep-cover sources provide the readers with hundreds of years of
combined experience in the area of government corruption as it adversely
affects everyone. The contents provide a fly-on-the-wall insight into
covert activities that are being kept from the public through the complicity
of many in the broadcast and print media, by members of Congress, and
virtually every government and non-government check and balance. Readers who become familiar with the contents of this book (and the author's third editions of Unfriendly Skies and Defrauding America) will acquire an unusual knowledge and an understanding of government activities that very few people understand. Especially valuable to the reader will be an understanding of how innocent people are falsely charged with crimes through the actions of thousands of government agents and informants who must justify their position and pay by targeting people, such as you, and bring charges that can result in years of imprisonment and destruction of your family. For those who have been sheltered from the inner workings of covert activities, many of the events described within these pages will be almost too bizarre to believe. The author, while he was an airline pilot in worldwide operations, probably was also in that category. It wasn't until he became an FAA inspector responsible for air safety at the most senior program at the world's largest airline that he started discovering corruption in government and how it was tragically affecting thousands of people. 550 pages, hardcover, $25.00 |
 Drugs and Rights (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Public Policy) Douglas N. Husak Do adults have the right to use drugs for recreational purposes? |
Husak argues that the war on drugs violates the rights of
adults wanting to use drugs for pleasure, and that criminal laws against
this use are incompatible with moral rights. Contents: Drugs, drug
use, and criminalization; The war on drugs; Medical and legal definitions
of drugs; Legal regulation of drugs; Constitutional issues; Recreational
drug use; The decriminalization movement; Arguments for criminalization;
Drugs and harm to users; Consequentialism and drug use; Autonomy and drug
use; Analogies; Addiction and autonomy; Addiction, slavery, and autonomy;
"Soft" paternalism and drug use; "Hard" paternalism
and drug use; Conclusion; Drugs and harm to others; Utilitarianism and
drug use; The evaluative assumptions in utilitarianism; Harm and disutility;
The nature of criminal harm; Anticipatory offenses; Drugs and crime; Conclusion;
Restrictions on drug use; Local controls and the importance of community;
Reasonable regulation of drug use; Special cases: Pregnant drug users;
Adolescents and adults; A moral right to use drugs: Misinterpretations;
Notes; Works cited; Index 320 pages,paperback,$27.95 |
 Ending the War on Drugs A Solution for America Dirk Chase Eldredge The author, an entrepreneur, onetime Reagan campaign chairman, and son of an alcoholic, maintains that prohibition as the foundation of our approach to controlling drug use has failed. "The need is for education, not incarceration, treatment, not torment.'' |
Drugs should be legal and state-controlled, with the profits
from sales going to education programs on the harm drugs may do, treatment
for addicts desiring it, and research into the causes of addiction.
A conservative Republican examines how and why America is losing the war
against illegal drugs--and presents a case for carefully controlled legalization.
The implications for crime and public health, overburdened courts and
prisons, official corruption, civil rights, and other elements of society
are thoughtfully and provocatively analyzed. For decades the U.S. has conducted a costly, escalating - and largely futile - war on illegal drugs. Author Dirk Chase Eldredge, a conservative Republican, examines how and why America is losing the war on drugs. He shows how the drug war has led only to overcrowded courts and prisons, rising crime, official corruption, eroded civil rights and race relations, and new public-health crises. In Ending the War on Drugs, Eldredge makes a case for an alternative policy: carefully controlled legalization, with resulting income used to fund greatly expanded drug education, prevention, research and treatment programs. He addresses head-on such questions as: Would legalization expand drug use? Would it expose more children to drugs? 288 pages, hardcover, 6.6x9.6", $22.95, Less 30% |
 The Enemy Is Us How to Defeat Drug Abuse and End the 'War on Drugs' Robert H. Dowd "Paradoxical" is the most apt way to describe Colonel Dowd. A retired career Air Force officer, conservative, Republican with deep moral convictions, he is not the typical advocate for legalizing drugs. However, he presents a well researched book that reaches logical conclusions that contradict the central thinking of Washington's policy makers. He spent 6 years researching and writing The Enemy Is Us. |
His efforts have produced a thoughtful, intelligent and
logical plan that every American should read and analyze. To be informed
about the United States' drug policy you must be aware of certain pertinent
facts of history. The author is adept at uncovering the decisions that
pushed the United States into today's drug morass. The Enemy Is Us is a critical analysis of the United States' War on Drugs to enforce prohibition. The author makes a cogent case for control of drugs by returning to a legal, state-regulated, private-sector drug market as existed before Prohibition. He focuses on the facts of history to justify his position and to identify the bureaucratic blunders that led to drug prohibition. Few Americans today realize that all narcotics were legal from the beginning of this nation until the imposition of Prohibition in 1920. During the first 144 years of this nation anyone could purchase opium, heroin, morphine and cocaine-even from the Sears Roebuck catalog. Yet, despite the ready availability of legal drugs, the percentage of addicts in America's population was steadily declining for two decades before prohibition. Drug crime was negligible. But more important, by the government's own calculations, the percentage of addicts has quadrupled under prohibition. Crime associated with illegal drug trafficking menaces our society. This being true, what purpose does prohibition serve? Based on results achieved, the anti-drug bureaucracy cannot justify itself. The only beneficiaries of prohibition have been the illegal drug cartels and the federal drug warriors. The livelihood of both depend on the drug war continuing. Everyone else suffers, especially inner city juveniles. 193 pages, paperback, $12.95 |
 The FBI and Martin Luther King, Jr. David J Garrow "King, there is only one thing left for you to do. You know what it is. . . . You are done. There is but one way out for you. You better take it before your filthy, fraudulent self is bared to the nation." |
--from an anonymous letter written by the FBI to Martin
Luther King, Jr., urging him to commit suicide. In 1964, J. Edgar Hoover
publicly called Martin Luther King, Jr., "the most notorious liar" in
America. Believing King's movement to be infested with Communists, the
Federal Bureau of Investigation began one of the most sweeping electronic-surveillance
campaigns in American history. While the bugging led to no evidence of
Communism, it did reveal aspects of King's life that both repelled and
titillated Hoover and his fellow high-ranking agents, putting into motion
an even more vicious campaign to destroy King. Reissued with a new introduction
that discusses the latest information on the FBI's surveillance of King,
The FBI and Martin Luther King, Jr. is one of the most explosive and disturbing
books ever written on our government's abuse of its power. Taylor Branch, Washington Monthly: "Indispensable. . . . Garrow tells the story better than anyone ever has." Boston Globe: "A remarkable document . . . meticulous, chilling, important." Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.: "Not only a fascinating historical detective story, but a scary glimpse into the police state, American-style." paperback, 336 pages, $15.95 |
 Fortress America: The American Military and the Consequences of Peace by William Greider Amazon.com: "The U.S. military-industrial complex, as we have known it, is in the process of devouring itself, literally and tangibly. |
The awesome interlocking structure of armed forces, industrial
interests, and political alliances that has sprawled across American public
life and purpose for two generations cannot endure for long," writes Rolling
Stone correspondent William Greider in the introduction to Fortress
America. Although shorter than his previous books on the Federal Reserve
and the global economy, Fortress America is vintage Greider: strong
reporting and sharp analysis on a topic of current and compelling interest.
Greider doesn't address U.S. defense strategy so much as the perverse
economics underlying the American military establishment. Costs and commitments
forever escalate as basic military readiness deteriorates. The Pentagon
continues to request next-generation fighter aircraft and Congress agrees
to fund them even as fundamental training exercises go wanting. The problem
isn't that the United States will lose its next war, but that massive
waste and incredible redundancy make national defense a pricey behemoth.
Greider calls for a fundamental reordering of priorities; this is an argument
Washington--and, increasingly, the public--cannot ignore." --John
J. Miller The New York Times Book Review, James B. Stewart: "It is the kind of book that leaves a reader agitated and indignant, and should by all rights ignite an urgent national debate." paperback, 224 pages, $10., less 10% |
 The Great Book of Hemp The Complete Guide to the Commercial, Medicinal and Psychotropic Uses of the World's Most Extraordinary Plant by Rowan Robinson & Robert A. Nelson Cannabis sativa has been called the world's most versatile plant. Materials made from hemp fiber have been discovered in tombs dating back to |
before 7000 BC. During the Middle Ages hemp was used
to treat fevers, insomnia, and malaria. Columbus's ships had sails of
hemp, and during colonial times it was universally grown because its strong
fibers made superior ropes, sails, hardcover, and paperback. In fact,
hemp was used for money in most of the Americas from 1631 until the early
1800s, and the original drafts of the Declaration of Independence and
the Constitution were written on hemp paperback. As a food, the oil from
hemp seeds has the highest percentage of essential fatty acids and the
lowest percentage of saturated fats. This illustrated, easy-to-read guide
covers all aspects of hemp: The history of its cultivation worldwide; Its role as a source of renewable energy and as an alternative for paperback manufacturing and fossil fuels; Its versatility as a fiber; Its many nutritional and medicinal uses; Examines the physiological and psychological effects of marijuana use in recreation and therapy. A comprehensive resource section includes information on organizations involved in legalizing hemp, product suppliers, and an annotated bibliography. "The Great Book of Hemp brings together a vast amount of information on all aspects of this remarkable plant in an illustrated, entertaining, easily accessible format. Readers will learn the history of hemp cultivation worldwide and its role as a source of renewable energy and as a raw material for paperback manufacturing. Lost in the political discussions about marijuana usage is hemp's versatility as a fiber and its many nutritional and medicinal uses. The Great Book of Hemp provides a comprehensive resource section with information on organizations involved in legalizing hemp, product suppliers, and an annotated bibliography." Wisconsin Bookwatch 256 pages, 8x10", 96 b&w illus, $19.95 |
 High Treason The Assassination of JFK and the Case for Conspiracy Harrison Edward Livingstone and Robert J Gordon |
Originally published in 1980, High Treason remains one of
the touchstone texts for many who are unconvinced that Lee Harvey Oswald
acted alone in the 1963 assassination of John F. Kennedy. "Too many people
have too much at stake to allow the truth to come out," cautions Livingstone,
"even though it has been squeezed out drop by drop over the years. The
cover-up is kept in place to this day by those with interests that are
threatened by the truth of a political assassination." Among the provocative
conclusions that Livingstone reached, and which he expands in this revised
edition, is that "all of the evidence, including the famous Zapruder film,
was fake," deliberately altered to conceal direct proof of multiple gunmen.
He enlists several people, including eyewitnesses to the autopsy, to go
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