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3. Recent analyses of drug legalization includeRod L.EvansIrwin M.BerentDrug Legalization: For and Against1991Open CourtPeru, IL David T. Courtwright, Drug Legalization, the Drug War, and Drug Treatment in Historical Perspective. W.O.Walker IIIDrug Control Policy Essays in Historical and Comparative Perspective (1992) Pennsylvania State University Press. State College, PA. 42–63. James A. Inciardi, The Drug Legalization Debate. (1991) Sage. Newbury Park, CA. Richard Lawrence Miller, The Case for Legalizing Drugs. (1991) Praeger. New York. Ethan Nadelmann, The Case for Legalization. The Public Interest 92 (1988) 3–31. Drug Prohibition in the United States: Costs, Consequences and Alternatives. Science 245 (1989) 939–947. James Ostrowski, Thinking about drug legalization. (1989) Among those advocating continued prohibition of dangerous drugs, there are those like Understandably, in view of the increasing violence associated with illegal drug trafficking, most the discussion focuses on drugs such as cocaine and heroin.