| Pills, Powder, and Smoke: Inside the Bloody War on Drugs Contributor(s): Loewenstein, Antony (Author) |
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ISBN: 1947534947 ISBN-13: 9781947534940 Publisher: Scribe Us OUR PRICE: $17.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2019 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Policy - Law | Drugs & The Law - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
| Dewey: 362.29 |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6" W x 9" (1.05 lbs) 368 pages |
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| Publisher Description: 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 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. Designed and inspired by Washington, its agenda has nothing to do with ending drug use or addiction, but is all about controlling markets, territories, and people. Instead, Loewenstein argues, the legalisation and regulation of all drugs would be a much more realistic and humane approach. The evidence presented in this book will persuade many readers that he's right. |
Contributor Bio(s): Loewenstein, Antony: - Antony Loewenstein is a Jerusalem-based Australian journalist who has written for The New York Times, The Guardian, the BBC, The Washington Post, The Nation, Huffington Post, Haaretz, and many others. He is the author of Disaster Capitalism: making a killing out of catastrophe; the writer/co-producer of the associated documentary, Disaster Capitalism; and the co-director of an Al-Jazeera English film on the opioid drug tramadol. His other books include My Israel Question, The Blogging Revolution, and Profits of Doom, and he is the co-editor of the books Left Turn and After Zionism, and is a contributor to For God's Sake. antonyloewenstein.com @antloewenstein |
