Good Cop, Bad War

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You end up sympathising more with the users (who end up in prison) and disliking the drug squads, who only care about increasing the number of convictions and not helping people. Neil has a good story to tell and paints a dark picture of what it is like to step into the shoes of addicts who are treated badly by both dealers and police forces who see them as criminals.

I know nothing about drug culture at all but his story are arguments make a compelling case and are a gripping read. Needless to say his marriage had no chance and he could never have a working relationship with his police colleagues. And to the politicians and so on that make these shit policies, you've failed your office, your nation, your people, your family, your god (if you have one), your people. It takes a certain courage for a person to take an unflinching look at their life’s work, a cold, forensic, unwavering look.Distribuimos y producimos contenido digital de información y entretenimiento y tenemos una gran selección de audiolibros, podcasts y series originales. In the year 2000, Portugal had both the highest drug addiction rate and highest rates of drug deaths in Europe. Neil Woods moved from constabulary to constabulary going undercover to familiarise himself with the local druggies and infiltrate the dealers while keeping his secret life a secret! We would scratch the surface of a murder and almost invariably find a turf war between dealers, or a gang protecting their supply network.

The irony of officers locking up drug lords but taking cocaine themselves; the small time addicts who serve similar sentences to ruthless crime bosses, the sad reality that as you take out one gang, another instantly replaces them; the list goes on and in the end, he certainly makes a compelling case. Once drugs are decriminalized everything can change for the better, especially if help is offered in place of persecution. But after years on the streets, spending time with the vulnerable users at the bottom of the chain, Neil began to question the seemingly futile war he was risking both his life and sanity for. Neil is on the board of LEAP (Law Enforcement Action Partnership) in the US and is the Chair of LEAP in the UK. Gripping exposé of the disastrous reality of the drug war" --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.Suffice to say, some very nasty individuals are drawn to the enormous profits from drug dealing and trying to catch them is therefore very dangerous. But it’s equally evident that drugs are the most profitable aspect of criminal behaviour, that without prohibition the money gangsters could make would be much reduced.