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Cocaine nation : how the white trade took over the world

By Tom , Feiling

Book information

Publisher
Pegasus Books
Year
2011
ISBN
978-1-4532-1779-5, 1453217797, 9781681770048, 1681770040
Language
english
Format
MOBI
Filesize
653 kB (669034 bytes)
Pages
319\0
Time added
2017-08-15 11:00:00
Cocaine.;Drug traffic.;Cocaine abuse.;Cocaine -- H

Description

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. Read more... Abstract: 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

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