4. Opium

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction 1
4. Part 1 Drugs and the Drug War in Context
5. 1. Drugs 101 11
6. 2. Alcohol 24
7. 3. Cocaine 41
8. 4. Opium 54
9. 5. Cannabis 66
10. 6. Tobacco 78
11. 7. Crackdown 88
12. 8. Amphetamines 110
13. 9. Alternative Consciousness 117
14. 10. Nixon’s War 133
15. 11. Reagan’s War 153
16. Part 2 Supply - Side Crusade
17. 12. Supply Side 175
18. 13. Kingpin 191
19. 14. Plan Colombia 211
20. 15. Catastrophic Success 229
21. 16. Our Man in Lima 250
22. 17. Bolivian Backlash 259
23. 18. El Narco Mexicano 270
24. 19. Fear and Loathing in Central America 295
25. 20. The Global War 307
26. Part 3 The Home Front
27. 21. The War over the War on Drugs 317
28. 22. Law Enforcement and Incarceration 331
29. 23. Cannabis Revisited 346
30. 24. Big Tobacco 363
31. 25. Psychedelics 2.0 371
32. 26. The Most American Drug 381
33. 27. Opioid Nation 390
34. Concluding Thoughts and a Tentative Way Forward 409
35. Notes 425
36. Acknowledgments 483
37. Index 485