Pills, Powder, and Smoke Pills, Powder, and Smoke

Pills, Powder, and Smoke

inside the bloody war on drugs

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Publisher Description

How the War on Drugs has caused carnage around the world, and why an end to prohibition is necessary and possible.

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, 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.

Loewenstein reports on the frontlines across the globe, from the streets of London’s King’s Cross to remote African villages. He reveals how the War on Drugs has become the most deadly war in modern times. Designed and inspired by Washington, its agenda has nothing to do with ending drug use or addiction, but is all about controlling markets, territory and people.

Like the never-ending War on Terror, the drugs war is a multi-billion industry that won’t go down without a fight. Pills, Powder, and Smoke explains why.

GENRE
Politics & Current Affairs
RELEASED
2019
21 August
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
352
Pages
PUBLISHER
Scribe Publications
SELLER
Scribe Publications Pty Ltd
SIZE
1
MB
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