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the connection between our demand for drugs and the willingnessof largely outside countries to supply this highlyprofitable trade. This is the same problem we have facedsince narcotics and cocaine were outlawed by the HarrisonNarcotic Act of 1914, and we have yet to defeat it despitecurrent expenditures of approximately $20 billion per year on“the war on drugs.” The first step in meeting any challengeis always an intelligent and informed citizenry. The purposeof this series is to educate our readers so that they canmake informed decisions about issues related to drugs anddrug abuse.SUGGESTED ADDITIONAL READINGDavid T. Courtwright, Forces of Habit. Drugs and the Making ofthe Modern World. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard UniversityPress, 2001. David Courtwright is Professor of History atthe University of North Florida.Richard Davenport-Hines, The Pursuit of Oblivion. A GlobalHistory of Narcotics. New York: Norton, 2002. The authoris a professional historian and a member of the RoyalHistorical Society.Aldous Huxley, Brave New World. New York: Harper & Row,1932. Huxley’s book, written in 1932, paints a picture of acloned society devoted only to the pursuit of happiness.David J. Triggle, Ph.D.University ProfessorSchool of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical SciencesState University of New York at Buffalo7