Table of Contents
Introduction 13
Part One:
The Psychological Perspective
1. Moral Panics-Past and Present 24
1.1. Different Moralities and Constitutional Ground 28
1.2. Tyranny and Autonomy: The Problem of State and Individual Power 30
1.3. Constitutional Ground: Liberation of the Human Mind 33
1.4. The Ramifications of Moral Panic 38
2. Psychological, Moral and Constitutional Evolution 42
2.1. Our Current State of Confusion 43
2.1.1. Introducing the Power of Thought 44
2.2. Drug Prohibition: A Symptom of Unconsciousness 46
2.2.1. Scapegoating 46
2.3. Drug War: A Blueprint for Tyranny 48
2.3.1. The Costs of Not Thinking Things Through 50
2.3.2. The State: A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing 52
2.3.3. The Connection Between Power and Fear 54
2.3.4. The Prohibitionist Psychosis Revisited 57
2.3.5. Denial and Projection: Preservers of the Status Quo 59
2.3.6. The Power of Enemy Images 68
2.4. Integrity: The Key to the Founders' Vision 70
2.4.1. The Powers of Love and Fear 73
Part Two:
The Social Experiment of Drug Prohibition
3. The Basis of the International Drug Control Regime 78
4. Norway 86
4.1. Evolution of Drug Policy 87
5. Great Britain 108
5.1. The ABC System 109
5.2. Prohibitionists' Faulty Premises 118
5.3. Increased Opposition 122
6. Dutch Drug Policy 125
6.1. The Threat of a Good Example 127
6.2. Halfway Regulation Remains the Problem 131
7. The United States 138
7.1. Nixon's War on Drugs 139
7.2. The 1980s: Unconsciousness Prevails 156
7.3. The United States as a Police State 162
7.4. The Futility of a War on Drugs 184
7.5. Countermovement 188
7.6. Resisting the Inevitable 191
8. Eternal War for Eternal Peace 199
8.1. UNGASS 2016 202
Part Three:
Power Politics
9. Creation of the Drug Control Complex 210
10. The "Secret Team" in Control of Drug Markets 238
10.1. Getting a Global Drug Market Going 242
10.1.1. Preparing the Golden Triangle 244
10.1.2. The Indochina Opium War 248
10.1.3. The Vietnam Theatre 258
10.1.4. Fascists of the World: Unite! 263
10.1.5. The War on Communism 265
10.1.6. Operation Gladio and the Vatican Connection 270
10.1.7. Propaganda Due 272
10.1.8. The Ultimate Cocaine Coup 273
10.2. Prelude to Iran-Contra 277
10.2.1. The Contras and the Sandinistas 278
10.3. Iran-Contra 282
10.3.1. The Usual Suspects 284
10.3.2. Drugs and Guns Running: The Big Picture 286
10.3.3. Arkansas: The United States' own Banana Republic 291
10.3.4. The Iran-part of the Contra Affair 306
10.3.5. Iran-Contra: The Cover Up 310
10.4. The Drugs Economy 329
11. Conclusion 348
Part 4
The Legal Perspective
12. The Rule of Law 362
12.1. Towards a Principled System of Justice 364
12.2. The Constitution and the Drug Law 367
13. Chasing the Scream 381
14. Realizing the Constitution 386
Bibliography 421
