The Phoenix Solution: Getting Serious About Winning America's Drug War [Hardcover]

Vincent T. Bugliosi (Author)

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Publication Date: April 1996

An analysis of the current drug policy in the United States reveals a disturbing level of ineptness in drug control practices and presents a program for bringing the drug crisis in our nation to an end. Tour.

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Bugliosi (And the Sea Will Tell, Audio Reviews, LJ 2/15/92), who is best known for the prosecution of Charles Manson and his followers, here offers a very insightful critique of the "war on drugs" and proposes some rather radical solutions. His analysis of the government's efforts to stop the flow of illegal drugs into this country is interesting. However, the case he argues for the solutions to the crisis quickly becomes tedious, even in abridged form and, not surprisingly, comes across like a legal brief. The author's reading of the introduction is inspired and one wishes that, despite Joseph Campanella's excellent reading of the main text, Bugliosi had argued his own case. Purchase according to demand.?Michael T. Fein, Catawba Valley Community Coll., Hickory,
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 278 pages
• Publisher: Newstar Pr (April 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0787106828
• ISBN-13: 978-0787106829
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.2 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #998,906 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Vincent Bugliosi, prosecutor of Charles Manson, lives in Los Angeles, California. He is the author or co-author of many books, among them the #1 best-sellers Helter Skelter, And the Sea Will Tell, and Outrage; plus Four Days in November, The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder, No Island of Sanity, The Betrayal of America, Lullaby and Good Night, Shadow Of Cain, Till Death Us Do Part, Drugs in America, and The Phoenix Solution.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A strategy for actually winning America's war on drugs., March 24, 1997

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This review is from: The Phoenix Solution: Getting Serious About Winning America's Drug War (Hardcover)

Vincent Bugiosi, the prosecutor of Charles Manson (Helter Skelter) and outspoken critic of the prosecutors in the O.J. Simpson case (Outrage) has written what is the first indepth examination of America's drug policy and its failure to even moderately slow the rate that illicit drugs pour into the United States. After examining the common assumptions about drugs and performing a thorough analysis of our current drug policy, Mr. Bugliosi sets forth a step-by-step process for solving America's drug problem. In 1995, we pumped $14 billion into drug fighting. What were the results? Nothing changed. Mr Bugliosi correctly points out that our current policy isn't working. A radical new approach is necessary if we are going to end this drug epidemic.

This revolutionary books presents 2 completely seperate ideas that could bring the drug crisis to an end. The proposals are unorthodox to be sure, but they're detailed, thought provoking and practical. In addition, they're surprisingly cost effective compared with the money current spent in failed efforts.

Briefly, the proposals are a military search-and-find mission in which we send forces into the major drug producing countries and bring the drug cartel leaders to the U. S. to stand trial and sentencing. The other proposal is a relatively simple plan to stop the flow of drug-profit monies both out of and into America. The legality and historical precedents of these proposals are thoroughly and convincing presented. Mr. Bugliosi also examines the question of legalization of drugs and what ramifications that would have on our society.

"Either we are serious about fighting this terrible curse, or we are not," writes Mr. Bugliosi. If we are, then book shows how it can be done. Now if only someone with the political power in Washington would read it and have the guts to implement the proposals.