The drug wars in America, 1940-1973 /

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Examines how and why the US government went from regulating illicit drug traffic and consumption to declaring war on both.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Frydl, Kathleen
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Cambridge, England?] : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Temas:
Drug abuse > Government policy > United States.
Drug abuse > United States.
Toxicomanie > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Toxicomanie > États-Unis.
Drug abuse
Drug abuse > Government policy
Drogenpolitik
Drug abuse.
Drug abuse > Government policy.
United States
USA
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; The Drug Wars in America, 1940-1973; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Part I 1940-1960; 1363007743140_2; 1 Trade in War; World War II; 2 Presumptions and Pretense: The U.S. Response to the International Trade in Narcotics, 1945-1960; From Japan to China to Korea: MacArthur and Narcotics in Asia; Lucky Luciano to the French Connection; 3 "A Society Which Requires Some Sort of Sedation": Domestic Drug Consumption, Circulation, and Perception; District of Columbia: A "Model" City; Synthetic "Sedation"; Daniel Committee; Part II 1960-1973.
  • 4 Review and Reform: The Kennedy CommissionAddiction As Disease; Kennedy Commission; 5 Police and Clinics: Enforcement and Treatment in the City, 1960-1973; Police in the City; The District; Treatment in the City; Youth and the Cultural Drug War; 6 The Cost of Denial: Vietnam and the Global Diversity of the Drug Trade; International Trade in Illicit Drugs; Vietnam; Conclusion: War on Trade
  • The Drug War as Past and Future; The Future of Drug Policy; Acknowledgments; Index.

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