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Drugs and thugs, the history and future of America's war on drugs, Russell Crandall

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Drugs and thugs, the history and future of America's war on drugs, Russell Crandall

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Drugs and thugs

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1143636198

Responsibility statement

Russell Crandall

Sub title

the history and future of America's war on drugs

Summary

A sweeping and highly readable work on the evolution of America's domestic and global drug war

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- Part 1. Drugs and the Drug Warin Context -- 1. Drugs 101 -- 2. Alcohol -- 3. Cocaine -- 4. Opium -- 5. Cannabis -- 6. Tobacco -- 7. Crackdown -- 8. Amphetamines -- 9. Alternative Consciousness -- 10. Nixon's War -- 11. Reagan's War -- Part 2. Supply-Side Crusade -- 12. Supply Side -- 13. Kingpin -- 14. Plan Colombia -- 15. Catastrophic Success -- 16. Our Man in Lima -- 17. Bolivian Backlash -- 18. El Narco Mexicano -- 19. Fear and Loathing in Central America -- 20. The Global War -- Part 3 The Home Front -- 21. The War over the War on Drugs -- 22. Law Enforcement and Incarceration -- 23. Cannabis Revisited -- 24. Big Tobacco -- 25. Psychedelics 2.0 -- 26. The Most American Drug -- 27. Opioid Nation -- Concluding Thoughts and a Tentative Way Forward -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index

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