Later drug-war figures and present-tense descriptions in this edition are historical source claims, not current statistics.
McGirr connects punitive approaches, selective enforcement, personnel, and institutional infrastructure across the two campaigns. She also distinguishes alcohol’s wider cross-class use, other drugs’ medicinal and commercial interests, international dimensions, and later enforcement capacity.
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McGirr connects punitive approaches, selective enforcement, personnel, and institutional infrastructure across the two campaigns. She also distinguishes alcohol’s wider cross-class use, other drugs’ medicinal and commercial interests, international dimensions, and later enforcement capacity.
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Chapter 8, Repeal; physical PDF pp. 228–232, supplied 334-page copy.
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Later drug-war figures and present-tense descriptions in this edition are historical source claims, not current statistics.