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

Author/creator Crandall, Russell, 1971-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew Haven : Yale University Press, [2020]
Descriptionviii, 511 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentFull 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 noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2020931397
ISBN0300240341 paperback
ISBN9780300240344 paperback