In this book I argue that there is no “war on drugs.” One cannot make war on inanimate objects, only on human beings. And the people the war is mostly waged upon are those who have been the most neglected and oppressed in childhood, for, according to all the science, all the epidemiological data, all the experience, they are the most likely to succumb to substance addiction later in life. In our civilized times we are punishing and tormenting people for having suffered trauma.
