Bibliograph

Cocaine nation, how the white trade took over the world, Tom Feiling

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Label

Cocaine nation, how the white trade took over the world, Tom Feiling

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-316) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Cocaine nation

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

464580327

Responsibility statement

Tom Feiling

Sub title

how the white trade took over the world

Summary

In Cocaine Nation, Tom Feiling travels the trade routes from Colombia via Miami, Kingston and Tijuana to London and New York, meeting Medellin hitmen, U.S. kingpins, Brazilian traffickers, and talking to soldiers and narcotics officers who fight the gangs and cartels. He traces cocaine's progress from legal "pick-me-up" to luxury product to global commodity, looks at legalization programs in countries such as Switzerland, and shows how America's anti-drugs crusade is actually increasing demand

Table Of Contents

pt. 1. How did we get here? -- From soft drink to hard drug -- Building a hard drug economy -- A rush to punish -- Cutting off the lizard's tail -- pt. 2. Supply and the Third World -- Smugglers -- The Mexican supply chain -- 'Cocaine is the atomic bomb of Latin America' -- Globalization -- pt 3. Where do we go from here? -- The demand for cocaine -- Legalization -- Prospects

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