Ebook: Cocaine nation : how the white trade took over the world
Author: Feiling Tom
- Tags: Cocaine., Drug traffic., Cocaine abuse., Cocaine -- History., Cocaine abuse -- History., Cocaine industry -- History., Drug control -- Corrupt practices., Cocaine abuse -- United States., HISTORY -- Social History., Cocaine industry., United States.
- Year: 2011
- Publisher: Pegasus Books
- City: New York, United States
- Language: English
- epub
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 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