{"id":30,"date":"2011-11-03T14:18:44","date_gmt":"2011-11-03T14:18:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.world-war-d.com\/?page_id=30"},"modified":"2011-11-26T06:08:00","modified_gmt":"2011-11-25T22:08:00","slug":"contents","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.world-war-d.com\/en\/contents\/","title":{"rendered":"Contents"},"content":{"rendered":"

Click here to read the introduction and the first chapter on your computer<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n

“World War-D” Table of Contents<\/h1>\n

Section 1: A contrasted history of the war on drugs<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Foreword to Section 1<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Chapter 1: The political, ideological and historical background of prohibition<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Prohibitionism, a 19th century totalitarian ideology<\/p>\n

Settlement patterns and prohibitionism<\/p>\n

The temperance movement<\/p>\n

The psychoactive landscape at the dawn of prohibition<\/p>\n

Chapter 2: The build up to the war on drugs<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Moral panics and the build-up to the Harrison Tax Act of 1914<\/p>\n

Alcohol prohibition in the US: The noble experiment<\/p>\n

Moral panic revisited: Harry Anslinger and the 1937 Marihuana Tax Bill<\/p>\n

Narcotics and the mob<\/p>\n

Early dissenters<\/p>\n

Chapter 3: Anslinger\u2019s legacy from Nixon to Clinton: Drug panics forever<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Nixon era<\/p>\n

Build-up to the 1980s cocaine craze<\/p>\n

Klaus Barbie and the Bolivian cocaine coup<\/p>\n

Reagan era<\/p>\n

The age of stupid<\/p>\n

The Iran-Contras crack cocaine connection<\/p>\n

The rise and fall of the Medell\u00edn cartel<\/p>\n

The aftermath: more of the same<\/p>\n

The never-ending saga<\/p>\n

The Mexican decades<\/p>\n

Chapter 4: the illegal psychoactive marketplace in the 21st<\/sup>\u00a0century<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Prohibition in a market economy<\/p>\n

Modus operandi of the illegal drug trade<\/p>\n

Current trends in the illegal psychoactive marketplace<\/p>\n

Street and prison gangs expansion \u2013 alliance with Mexican drug cartels<\/p>\n

Narco-trafficking in the age of globalization:<\/p>\n

Diversification and expansion of transit routes \u2013 path of least resistance<\/p>\n

Diversification and sophistication of transit modalities<\/p>\n

Technological innovations and the next wave of diseases of excess<\/p>\n

Chapter 5: The war on drugs in numbers \u2013 The cost of the war on drugs<\/strong><\/h4>\n

To put things into perspective: legal and illegal drug-related casualties in the US, EU and throughout the world<\/p>\n

The societal cost of drug use<\/p>\n

The cost to taxpayers of the war on drugs in the US<\/p>\n

Health cost of the WOD<\/p>\n

Human cost of the war on drugs in the US<\/p>\n

The human and geopolitical cost of the war on drugs<\/p>\n

Colombia<\/p>\n

Mexico<\/p>\n

Central America, Caribbean, West & East Africa, Afghanistan<\/p>\n

Environmental cost of the war on drugs<\/p>\n

Unintended consequences: The perverse effects of the criminalization of drugs<\/p>\n

Socialization and amplification of costs \u2013 Privatization of profits to criminal enterprises<\/p>\n

Corruption, the universal lubricant<\/p>\n

The spread of violence<\/p>\n

Empowering of narco-traffickers and narco-terrorists<\/p>\n

Erosion of civil liberties<\/p>\n

Prisons as institutions of higher criminal learning<\/p>\n

The rise of the prison-industrial complex in the US<\/p>\n

Is it working<\/p>\n

Conclusion to section 1<\/strong><\/h4>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Section 2: Major legal and illegal psychoactive substances, their action and benefits and their harm-causing potential<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Foreword to section 2<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chapter 6: Psychoactive substances and the brain<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Homeostasis, a key adaptive process<\/p>\n

Cells for starters<\/p>\n

Brain 1.01<\/p>\n

Neurotransmission<\/p>\n

Neuroplasticity<\/p>\n

Neurotransmission and psychoactive substances<\/p>\n

Major neurotransmitters<\/p>\n

Glutamate<\/p>\n

GABA (?-aminobutyric acid)<\/p>\n

Acetylcholine<\/p>\n

Dopamine<\/p>\n

Norepinephrine (noradrenalin)<\/p>\n

Serotonin<\/p>\n

Neuropeptides<\/p>\n

The endocannabinoid system<\/p>\n

The pleasure\/reward pathway in the brain<\/p>\n

The brain reward pathway and the pursuit of happiness<\/p>\n

The addiction puzzle<\/p>\n

Genetic and epigenetic factors of addiction<\/p>\n

Neural mechanism of addiction<\/p>\n

Vulnerability and resistance to abuse and addiction<\/p>\n

Hallucinogens and other types of mind-alteration<\/p>\n

The mind alteration drive<\/p>\n

Chapter 7: From initiation to addiction, drug careers and drug cultures<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Modes of administration \u2013 evolutionary-adaptive gaps<\/p>\n

Psychoactive substances and the growing brain<\/p>\n

Patterns of use \u2013 Drug careers \u2013 Use, abuse and addiction<\/p>\n

The issue of initiation<\/p>\n

Subcultures appropriation of Psychoactives \u2013 Global youth culture<\/p>\n

Chapter 8: Alcohol<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Moonshining from outer space to the \u201cWine Pool and Meat Forest\u201d: A brief history of booze.<\/p>\n

Alcohol in Indo-European cultures and Western civilization<\/p>\n

Pharmacokinetics of alcohol<\/p>\n

Effects of alcohol on the body<\/p>\n

Alcohol and the brain<\/p>\n

Stages of alcohol intoxication<\/p>\n

Alcohol use patterns<\/p>\n

Health and other benefits of moderate use<\/p>\n

Heavy episodic drinking\/binge drinking<\/p>\n

Alcoholism (alcohol addiction)<\/p>\n

Youth drinking<\/p>\n

Co-morbidity of alcohol abuse and mental disorders<\/p>\n

The socio-economic cost of alcohol<\/p>\n

Chapter 9: The case of tobacco<\/strong><\/h4>\n

The addictive power of Tobacco<\/p>\n

Medical uses and health benefits of tobacco<\/p>\n

Chapter 10: Prescription psychoactive drugs<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Main classes of prescription psychoactive drugs<\/p>\n

The patent engine<\/p>\n

Cosmetic psychopharmacology \u2013 the \u201cworried well\u201d and the medicalization of normalcy<\/p>\n

Prescription psychoactive drug abuse, a twenty-first century epidemic<\/p>\n

Addiction by prescription \u2013 big pharma and greed addiction<\/p>\n

Conclusion<\/p>\n

Chapter 11: Illegal drugs<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Cannabis and Cannabinoids<\/p>\n

Medical applications of cannabinoids<\/p>\n

Route of administration<\/p>\n

Toxicity, tolerance, addictivity<\/p>\n

Opiates<\/p>\n

Cocaine<\/p>\n

Amphetamines and ATS stimulants<\/p>\n

Ecstasy \u2013 Designers drugs\/party drugs<\/p>\n

Hallucinogens<\/p>\n

LSD<\/p>\n

The truly hallucinating history of LSD<\/p>\n

Pharmacology of LSD<\/p>\n

Other hallucinogens \u2013 psilocybin\/magic mushroom, mescaline\/peyote<\/p>\n

Multi-substance use<\/p>\n

Conclusion to section 2<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Section 3: Beyond the war on drug<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Chapter 12: Changing attitudes<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Indulgence and hypocrisy at the top<\/p>\n

US<\/p>\n

Latin America<\/p>\n

EU<\/p>\n

India<\/p>\n

The International Community: UN, WHO, UNESCO, etc.<\/p>\n

Chapter 13: Critical analysis of prohibitionism and its premises<\/strong><\/h4>\n

The flawed prohibitionist model<\/p>\n

Prohibitionism and moral relativism: Faulty premises and false assumptions of prohibitionism<\/p>\n

Prohibition is not practically and efficiently enforceable<\/p>\n

The resilience of the prohibitionist model<\/p>\n

Prohibitionism and ulterior motives<\/p>\n

Critical analysis of UNODOC positions as laid by its Executive Director Antonio Maria Costa<\/p>\n

Chapter 14: The debate over harm reduction<\/strong><\/h4>\n

What is harm reduction?<\/p>\n

The cost issue<\/p>\n

Excise tax<\/p>\n

Lessons learned from other harms<\/p>\n

Harms related to illegal drug use<\/p>\n

Harms related to the use of psychoactive substances<\/p>\n

Primary harms to the user<\/p>\n

Secondary or societal harms to third parties<\/p>\n

Harms caused by drug prohibition<\/p>\n

The cost of madness<\/p>\n

Chapter 15: the debate over legalization<\/strong><\/h4>\n

The limits of decriminalization<\/p>\n

Selective legalization<\/p>\n

The case for legalization<\/p>\n

Limits of the pure free market approach<\/p>\n

Global legalization of production, consumption and trade<\/p>\n

Controlled re-legalization is the only realistic option for emerging countries<\/p>\n

Expected US opposition to controlled re-legalization and why it may not matter<\/p>\n

Winners and losers of re-legalization<\/p>\n

Legalization and the UN<\/p>\n

The danger of a free-for-all approach and the urgency of coordination<\/p>\n

Chapter 16: How to end the war on drugs \u2013 a pragmatic roadmap to controlled re-legalization<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Re-legalize<\/p>\n

Tax<\/p>\n

Control<\/p>\n

Regulatory options<\/p>\n

Regulatory issues<\/p>\n

Regulating production and wholesale trade<\/p>\n

Educate and prevent<\/p>\n

Treat<\/p>\n

The issue of under-age substance use and abuse<\/p>\n

Harm reduction to be expected from controlled re-legalization<\/p>\n

Harm augmentation that can be expected from re-legalization<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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