Drugs and thugs the history and future of America's war on drugs / Russell Crandall.
| Author/creator | Crandall, Russell, 1971- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New Haven : Yale University Press, [2020] |
| Description | viii, 511 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| 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. |
| Abstract | A sweeping and highly readable work on the evolution of America's domestic and global drug war. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2020931397 |
| ISBN | 0300240341 paperback |
| ISBN | 9780300240344 paperback |