The Methamphetamine Industry in America : Transnational Cartels and Local Entrepreneurs / Henry H Brownstein, Timothy M. Mulcahy, Johannes Huessy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brownstein, Henry H., Author.

Huessy, Johannes, 1982- Author.

Mulcahy, Timothy M., 1968- Author.

Series:

Critical issues in crime and society.

Critical Issues in Crime and Society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Methamphetamine abuse--United States.

Methamphetamine abuse.

Drug abuse--Social aspects--United States.

Drug abuse.

Drug control--United States.

Drug control.

Drug control--Mexico.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (172 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Galax, a small Virginia town at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains, was one of the first places that Henry H. Brownstein, Timothy M. Mulcahy, and Johannes Huessy visited for their study of the social dynamics of methamphetamine markets-and what they found changed everything. They had begun by thinking of methamphetamine markets as primarily small-scale mom-and-pop businesses operated by individual cooks who served local users. But what they found was a thriving and complex transnational industry. The Methamphetamine Industry in America describes the reality that this industry is a social phenomenon connecting local, national, and international communities and markets. The book details the results of a groundbreaking three-stage study, part of a joint initiative of the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the National Institute of Justice, in which police agencies across the United States were surveyed and their responses used to identify likely areas of study. The authors then visited these areas to observe and interview local participants, from users and dealers to law enforcement officers and clinical treatment workers. This book demonstrates the importance of understanding the business of methamphetamine-and by extension other drugs in society-through a lens that focuses on social behavior, social relationships, and the cultural elements that shape the organization and operation of this illicit but effective industry. .

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

1. Understanding Methamphetamine Markets as an Industry

2. Methamphetamine in America

3. Social Activity in the Methamphetamine Industry

4. Social Relationships in the Methamphetamine Industry

5. The Culture of the Methamphetamine Industry

6. Meth Markets and the Methamphetamine Industry in the United States

Appendix: The Study of the Dynamics of Methamphetamine Markets

References

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

0-8135-6986-9

OCLC:

892430301