From the anti-opiate campaigns of the late 1800's to the DARE program of the 1990's, the United States has been at war with drugs throughout most of its history. Claiming that the drug war is for the good of the people, politicians use it as a campaign platform, the media sell it for higher ratings, and criminal justice administrators exploit it for expanded power and higher funding. Experts in criminology, the contributors to this volume closely examine the sociological impact of the global drug war, offering new insight to the debate. DRUG WAR, AMERICAN STYLE shows how the United States's war on drugs has spread throughout the world to Hong Kong and Australia, and affected policy in countries from Canada to Britain.

1.The Internationalization of U.S. Illicit Drug Control Policy, Jurg Gerber and Eric L. Jensen, 2. Toward an Explanation of the Persistence of Failed Policy: Binding Drug Policy to Foreign Policy, 1930-1962, Kevin F. Ryan 3. The International System of Drug Control: Developments and Trends, Hans-Jorg Albrecht 4. Hong Kong, Mark S. Gaylord 5. American Influence on British Drug Policy, Philip Bean 6. Drug Policy in Australia-Our Own? Margaret Hamilton 7. Drug War: Canadian Style, Patricia G. Erickson and David L. Haans 8. The Ware on Drugs in Taiwan, Furjen Denq and Hsia0-Ming Wang 9. The Drug War in Latin America: Ten Years in a Quagmire, Eugene E. Bouley Jr. 10. Exporting the War to the Netherlands and Dutch Alternatives, Ineke Haen Marshall and Henk van de Bunt 11. Drug Politics in the Federal Republic of Germany: Developments, Trends, and Influences from North America, Hans-Jorg Albrecht 12. Switzerland's Drug Policy as an Alternative to the American War on Drugs?, Martin Killias