Unacceptable Losses is a project designed to share the stories of everyday Americans who have been affected by drugs and/or drug policy.

From July 2004-July 2005 Arthur Robinson Williams toured the country (see calendar tab) visiting drug reform agencies and community based organizations with the intention of building a case for shifting the nation’s policy emphasis from law enforcement toward public health when dealing with substance abuse.

Grants were provided by the Reach Out 56 Foundation, a public interest project of Princeton University's class of 1956, and the Marijuana Policy Project in conjunction with the Drug Policy Alliance.

Ethnographic photo-essays are designed to bring readers face to face with their neighbors and countrymen to better understand the far reaching effects of our drug policies and how reform measures are not only more humane, but more efficacious as well. There are five chapters: