Recommended by
- Richard Branson — Listed in Richard Branson's own 'My Top 65 Books To Read In A Lifetime' published on Virgin.com source ↗
Summary
Richard Branson's 2016 call for global drug policy reform, published by Virgin Books, argues that the war on drugs has failed catastrophically — fuelling violent cartels, overcrowding prisons, and destroying lives while doing nothing to reduce substance abuse. Drawing on evidence from Portugal's decriminalisation experiment, economic analysis, and public health research, Branson makes the case for treating drug abuse as a health issue rather than a criminal one.