| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 365 pages) : illustrations (black and white) |
| Contents |
Introduction / David Farber -- Part I : Background -- 1. The advent of the war on drugs / David Farber -- Part II : Supply and demand -- 2. Drug dealers / David Farber -- 3. The Mexico-Chicago heroin connection / Elaine Carey -- 4. Cultivating cannabis, excepting cannabis / Michael Polson -- Part III : The domestic front -- 5. The local war on drugs / Peter C. Pihos -- 5. Cannabis culture wars / Emily Dufton -- 7. Psychedelic wars : LSD as mental medicine in a battle for hearts and minds / Lucas Richert, Erika Dyck, and Alexis Turner -- Part IV : The international front -- 8. The war on drugs in Mexico / Aileen Teague -- 9. The war on drugs in Afghanistan / James Bradford -- Part V : The alternative to war -- 10. Between the free market and the drug war / David Herzberg -- 11. The pharma cartel / Kathleen Frydl -- Acknowledgments -- About the editor -- About the contributors -- Index |
| Summary |
"Fifty years after President Richard Nixon declared a "War on Drugs," leading scholars examine how drug war policies contributed to the making of the carceral state, racial injustice, deviant globalization, regulatory disasters, and a massive underground economy; they also point the way forward to a more just and humane drug policy regime"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 24, 2023) |
| Subject |
Drug control -- United States -- History
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Drug traffic -- United States -- History
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Drug abuse -- Government policy -- United States -- History
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LAW / Drugs & the Law.
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Drug abuse -- Government policy
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Drug control
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Drug traffic
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Rauschgift
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Bekämpfung
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Drogenhandel
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Drogenkriminalität
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Drogenkonsum
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Farber, David, 1956- editor
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| LC no. |
2021009013 |
| ISBN |
9781479811427 |
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1479811424 |
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9781479811397 |
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1479811394 |
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