I hope that within my lifetime we will see changes in these policies like some of the cannabis legalisation that has taken off in some of the U. LEAP is an organisation made up exclusively of law enforcement professionals, past and present, who campaign for drug law reforms. The scary part is the two parallel worlds that he portrays and how on going to a town he managed to pick out the people to contact and within a couple of introductions he was face to face with some of the most dangerous people at loose in the country. I’ve read numerous police biographies, not a few by undercover officers, and none show such sensitivity to the people they met. It is in fact almost to me like so many jobs in the Police are reliant on the war on drugs, positions are probably engineered along with technology budgets etc, they are not the correct solution to change the war completely, then again can the change be quick like a complete reversal?

It details his experiences up to the point of his epiphany - the moment when he realises how fruitless and destructive it is for the police to wage war on drug dealers, and people who take drugs.They way he always remembered that addicts and people caught up in drug use or dealing are often the victims and they needed help, support and the protection of the police instead of being collateral damage was what fascinated me the most.

Before reading this I would have thought legalising hard drugs was madness but doing so makes so much sense.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.

He points to Portugal where simple possession of drugs has been decriminalised (not possession with intent to supply, e. He knows what he's talking about having worked extensively as an undercover officer bringing down organised criminal gangs who profit from drugs. I saw Neil Woods on some YouTube channels and heard some of the stories there so wanted to read his book for the extra detail and background.

It takes a certain courage for a person to take an unflinching look at their life’s work, a cold, forensic, unwavering look.