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Our drug prohibition policy is hopeless, just as Prohibition, our alcohol prohibition policy, was before it. Today there are more drugs in our communities and at lower prices and higher strengths than ever before.We have built large numbers of prisons, but they are overflowing with non-violent drug offenders. The huge profits made from drug sales are corrupting people and institutions here and abroad. And far from being protected by our drug prohibition policy, our children are being recruited by it to a lifestyle of drug use and drug selling.Judge Gray's book drives a stake through the heart

Favelas, or shantytowns, are where cocaine is mainly sold in Rio de Janeiro. There are some six hundred favelas in the city, and most of them are controlled by well-organized and heavily armed drug gangs. The struggle for the massive profits from this drug trade has resulted in what are increasingly violent and deadly confrontations between rival drug gangs and a corrupt and brutal police force, that have transformed parts of the city into a war-zone. Lucia tells the story of one woman who was once intimately involved with drug gang life in Rio throughout the 1990s. Through a series of convers

1 sheet ([1] p.) ; A broadside recommending rational, Protestant and scriptural solutions to England's political and social problems. ; Signed: Jeremiah Peisley. ; Copy catalogued closely trimmed. ; Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.

Disorders of Desire is the only book to tell the story of the development and impact of sexology—the scientific study of sex—in the United States. In this era of sex scandals, culture wars, "Sex in the City," and new sexual enhancement technologies (like erectile dysfunction drugs), its critique of sexology is even more relevant than it was when the book was first published in 1990. This revised and expanded edition features new chapters addressing: The diagnosis of "sex addiction"in the 1970s and its social and political implications. New developmen

(contd.)--v. 4. The art of sinking in poetry [Pope] Dr. Norris's narrative of the frenzy of, &c. [Pope] An account of the poisoning of Edmund Curll [Pope] An account of the condition of Edmund Curll [Pope] A relation of the circumcision of Edmund Curll [Pope] God's revenge against punning. The wonderful wonder of wonders. The wonder of all the wonders, &c. The humble petition of the colliers, &c. [Arbuthnot?] Reasons humbly offer'd against examining drugs, &c. [Arbuthnot] Annus mirabilis [Arbuthnot] An essay concerning the origine of sciences [Parnell] Virgilius restauratus [Pope] It cannot rain but it pours [Arbuthnot?] An infallible scheme to pay the publick debts [M. Pilkington] A modest proposal to the publick [Swift] A vindication of the lord lieutenant [Swift] An essay on the fates of clergy-men [Swift] An essay on modern education [Swift] A letter to the Intelligencer [Swift?] A second letter to the Intelligencer [Swift?] A true and faithfull narrative of what pass'd in London [by Pope and Gay?] ; (contd.)--v. 2. The history of John Bull [Arbuthnot] A key to the Lock [Pope] Merlin's prophecy [Swift] A wonderful prophecy [Swift] Meditation upon a broom-stick [Swift] Memoirs of P. P. Clerk of this parish [Pope and Gay] The country post [Gay] Stradling versus Stiles [Pope and Fortescue] The art of political lying [Arbuthnot] A letter to a young lady on her marriage [Swift] Thoughts on various subjects [Pope]--v. 3. Miscellanies in verse [mainly by Swift] ; Vols. 1-3, originally published in 1727, the third being called "the last volume." Vol. 4, published in 1732, was called "the third volume." It contained verse paged separately (92? p.) that it might be inserted in v. 3, in place of "the Bathos," and that treatise (p. [11]-[92]) transferred to v. 4. In this copy that transfer has been made, and the title-pages of the volumes exchanged also. cf. J. Swift, Correspondence, ed. by F. E. Ball, esp. v.4, p. 307-309; and his Prose works, ed. by T. Scott, v. 12, p. 149, 159. ; Preface in v. 4, dated Twickenham, May 27, 1727; signed: Jonath. Swift, Alex. Pope. It describes the contents as being "whatever loose papers in prose and verse, we have formerly written . likewise all the papers wherein we have casually had any share; particularly those writ in conjunction with our friends, Dr. Arbuthnot and Mr. Gay; and lastly, all of this sort composed singly by either of those hands." ; Monogram on t.p. ; Vol. 3, 1732; v. 1-2, and 4, 1733; v. 2, "The second edition." ; v. 1. Contests and dissentions in Athens and Rome [J. Swift] The sentiments of a Church of England man [Swift] An argument against abolishing Christianity [Swift] A project for the advancement of religion [Swift] A letter concerning the sacramental test [Swift] A critical essay upon the faculties of the mind [Swift] Predictions for the year 1708 [Swift] An account of Partridge's death [Swift] 'Squire Bickerstaff detected . by John Partridge [by Thomas Yalden, Nicholas Rowe, and Congreve] A vindication of Isaac Bickerstaff, esq. [Swift] A proposal for correcting, improving, and ascertaining the English tongue [Swift] A letter to a young gentleman, lately entered into holy orders [Swift] Thoughts on various subjects [Swift] ; Mode of access: Internet.