In the end, the only people the police forces can bust are just ordinary addicts, they no longer have any access to the big dealers and gangs. In the year 2000, Portugal had both the highest drug addiction rate and highest rates of drug deaths in Europe. Being extraordinarily real, this account is not only frightening and thrilling but also sometimes highly endearing.

Los audiolibros del catálogo ilimitado que hayas añadido a tu biblioteca dejarán de estar disponibles cuando finalice tu suscripción, mientras que los audiolibros que hayas comprado son tuyos para siempre y podrás escucharlos incluso después de haber cancelado. I did find myself in a juxtaposition on whether I liked his personality at times throughout the book with some of the tough decisions he made. Good Cop, Bad War' is a unique story about a man with a striking ability to infiltrate and extinguish drug gangs, but who, as the success of his operations grows, becomes disillusioned with the 'War on Drugs', as he sees how it demonises those who need help while empowering 'the very worst elements in society'. On a personal level I understand the need to justify past behaviour, about which he is now sceptical, but this is less interesting for the reader. I don't agree with the model of addiction but this is a man who has been in the prison of his own mind and has the generosity to do something about an issue which harms more than it helps.

In addition, Switzerland uses Heroin Assisted Therapy - actually prescribing heroin to addicts - alongside various methadone programmes. Essentially, after dedicating his life to putting away drug lords and fighting what he believed was a “good war”, he now believes the only way to make a difference, to really win the war on drugs, is to decriminalise the trade. To be clear, Neil doesn’t argue for simple legalisation, he doesn’t want to see crack and heroin sold in Tesco’s.

With a backdrop of his own dysfunctional marriage it traces his development from being a gung-ho undercover police officer in the UK infiltrating drug gangs to an advocate of the end to the war against drugs and the wholesale decriminalisation of drugs.Since then he has left the police and now campaigns with LEAP UK to replace drug prohibition with a regulated market, which would take control (and money) from the criminal gangs and give it to the state, and allow drug policy to be an issue of health rather than crime.

At some point they will wire up their agent so he can record some transaction, thus implicating the dealers.If I was a dealer or drug addict there is one fool proof, easy way to tell if you are a policeman, ask them to bring a clean needle and watch them inject or smoke for free, and what about no needle marks on your body? This book is not just about drugs; it is also about lives, the lives of those who are, one way or another, involved in this hideous drama. Neil Woods, author of this book, is chairman of the organisation LEAP UK, this stands for 'Law Enforcement Against Prohibition', and consists of policemen and detectives who want to encourage the decriminalization of drugs.