The War We Never Fought

by Peter Hitchens

Book Overview

Again and again British politicians, commentators and celebrities intone that 'The War on Drugs has failed'. They then say that this is an argument for abandoning all attempts to reduce drug use through the criminal law.

Peter Hitchens shows that in Britain there has been no serious 'war on drugs' since 1971, when a Tory government adopted a Labour plan to implement the revolutionary Wootton report. This gave cannabis, the most widely used...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472939387
• ISBN13: 9781472939388
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"