| Description |
1 online resource (199 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: "If it's a War on Drugs, then Treat it like a War"; Chapter by Chapter; Plants, Fungi, and Drugs; Cannabis; Cocaine; Opiates; Methamphetamine; Hallucinogens; Legal Drugs; Further Reading; PART I: The War on Drugs before 1981; 1. The US before 1981; Timeline of Significant Events; Legal vs. Illegal Defined; Smuggling History; Race and Drug Prohibition; Harry Anslinger and the FBN; War with Drugs; Psychedelic Portal; Official "Connections"; Further Reading |
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2. The Caribbean Basin before 1981Timeline of Significant Events; Big History; Early History; The Caribbean as a Microcosm: Cannabis, Sugar, and Tobacco; The Colonial Era's Effect on the Modern World; Jamaica; Mexico; Central America; Further Reading; 3. South America before 1981; Timeline of Significant Events; Colombia; Peru; Brazil; Further Reading; PART II: The War on Drugs, 1981-95; 4. The US, 1981-95; Timeline of Significant Events; The Best Available Data; "Just Say No"; Race and the Debate over Mass Incarceration; Popular Culture; Meth; Miami; Further Reading |
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5. The Caribbean Basin, 1981-95Timeline of Significant Events; The South Florida Task Force; Mexico and the Plaza System; The Contras and Cocaine; The Post-Kiki Era; Central America; Further Reading; 6. South America, 1981-95; Timeline of Significant Events; Colombia and the Medellin Cartel; The Extradition Treaty; MAS: Death to Kidnappers; Pablo's Congressional Run: The War Begins; "The Extraditables": "Death to Kidnappers" become the Top Kidnappers; His Own Personal Prison; Target Escobar: Colombian Police, the US, and Los PEPES; The Cali Cartel; Evaluating the Fall of Both Cartels |
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Panama: Operation Just CauseDirty Wars: Brazil and the Southern Cone; Further Reading; PART III: The War on Drugs, 1995-Present; 7. The US, 1995-Present; Timeline of Significant Events; Don't Call it a Heroin Crisis; The Dark Web; Synthetic Party Drugs: The New Zealand Model; Beyond Our Box of Drugs; Further Reading; 8. The Caribbean Basin, 1995-Present; Timeline of Significant Events; The Caribbean; Zedillo's Reforms; Post-PRI; The Nuevo Laredo Plaza War and Beyond, 2003 to the Present; The Central American Connection; Michoacan; Juarez; Plan Merida and the Kingpin Strategy |
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The Most Dangerous Place to ReportFurther Reading; 9. South America, 1995-Present; Timeline of Significant Events; The Expansion of the War: From Colombia to All Latin America; 4 Evo Morales: Bolivia's Cocalero in Chief; Further Reading; 10. Debating the Way Forward; Zero Tolerance and Harm Reduction; Violence: Caused by Drugs or the War on Drugs?; The Iron Law of Prohibition; The Iron Fist of Prohibition; The Law Enforcement Conundrum; Former Drugs Warrior Heads of State; Harm Reduction Success Stories; Competing Theories of Addiction; Libertarianism vs. US Politics; Further Reading; Index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Drug control -- United States -- History
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Drug control -- Latin America -- History
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Drug traffic -- United States -- History
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Drug traffic -- Latin America -- History
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Drug control
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Drug traffic
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Latin America
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317359210 |
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1317359216 |
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9781317359203 |
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1317359208 |
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9781317359197 |
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1317359194 |
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9781315667805 |
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1315667800 |
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