Is the prohibition of drugs working? Overview : the war on drugs / Peter Katel ; The U.S. fight against illegal drugs is working / Office of National Drug Control Policy ; The international ban on illicit drugs should continue / United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime ; Restrictive drug policies are working and must continue / Robert L. DuPont ; The war on drugs is not working / Radley Balko ; The global war on drugs cannot be won / Ethan Nadelmann ; The war on drugs leads to violence / John McWhorter -- Should U.S. drug policy be reformed? Overview : U.S. federal drug policy / Celinda Franco ; The United States should repeal federal drug prohibition / David Boaz and Timothy Lynch ; U.S. drug law enforcement is racially unjust / Human Rights Watch ; Harsher sentences for crack over powder cocaine are unfair / Richard Durbin ; The United States should continue the war on illegal drugs / John P. Walters ; U.S. drug law enforcement is not racially unjust / Heather Mac Donald ; Harsher sentences for crack over powder cocaine are justified / Bob Bushman -- Should marijuana laws be relaxed? Overview : U.S. federal policy on marijuana / Mark Eddy ; Marijuana possession and use should be decriminalized / Steven B. Duke ; Marijuana is less harmful than alcohol / Steve Fox ; The prohibition on marijuana detracts from real drug problems / Katherine Walkenhorst ; Marijuana should be legalized for medical use / National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws ; Marijuana should not be legalized / The Christian Science Monitor ; Marijuana should not be legalized for medical use / Drug Free America Foundation.