Description
| Product ID: | 9781912854240 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Pills, Powder, and Smoke |
| Subtitle: | inside the bloody War on Drugs |
| Authors: | Author: Antony Loewenstein |
| Page Count: | 368 |
| Subjects: | Drugs and alcohol: social aspects, Drug & substance abuse: social aspects, Ethical issues and debates, Drugs trade / drug trafficking, Organized crime, Central / national / federal government policies, Political control and freedoms, Law and society, sociology of law, Public international law: criminal law, Ethical issues & debates, Drugs trade / drug trafficking, Organized crime, Central government policies, Political control & freedoms, Law & society, International criminal law |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Like the never-ending War on Terror, the drugs war is a multi-billion-dollar industry that won’t go down without a fight. Pills, Powder, and Smoke explains why. The War on Drugs has been official American policy since the 1970s, with the UK, Europe, and much of the world following suit. It is at best a failed policy, according to bestselling author Antony Loewenstein. Its direct results have included mass incarceration in the US, extreme violence in different parts of the world, the backing of dictatorships, and surging drug addiction globally. And now the Trump administration is unleashing diplomatic and military forces against any softening of the conflict. Pills, Powder, and Smoke investigates the individuals, officials, activists, victims, DEA agents, and traffickers caught up in this deadly war. Travelling through the UK, the US, Australia, Honduras, the Philippines, and Guinea-Bissau, Loewenstein uncovers the secrets of the drug war, why it’s so hard to end, and who is really profiting from it. In reporting on the frontlines across the globe — from the streets of London’s King’s Cross to the killing fields of Central America to major cocaine transit routes in West Africa — Loewenstein reveals how the War on Drugs has become the most deadly war in modern times. |
| Imprint Name: | Scribe Publications |
| Publisher Name: | Scribe Publications |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2019-12-27 |