Verkkowhat is the relationship between psychoactive drugs and war? This review article identifies and traces five key dimensions of this relationship: War while on drugs, war. Verkkoto its defenders, including generations of policymakers on both sides of the aisle, the drug war is a difficult but necessary campaign to protect the u. s. Population from a scourge of addiction, crime, and foreign enemies. Verkkoa drug war logic that prioritises and justifies drug prohibition, criminalisation, and punishment has fuelled the expansion of drug surveillance and.