Drug wars and coffeehouses : the political economy of the international drug trade / David R. Mares.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mares, David R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drug traffic.

Drug control.

Physical Description:

xiv, 188 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : CQ Press, [2006]

Contents:

The drug trade as a global and national phenomenon

Analytic perspectives for explaining the drug trade

Conceptualizing consumption : drug use and drug users

The production of psychoactive substances

Distribution : linking producers and consumers

Money laundering : money makes the world go round

The political economy of international drug strategies : going it alone or working together

The United States : from crime reduction to drug war, 1968-1982

The Netherlands : from drug war to dynamic harm reduction, 1960-2002

Sweden : from harm reduction to drug war, 1965-1993.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-177) and index.

ISBN:

1568028628

OCLC:

62326794