1. The Advent of the War on Drugs

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction 1
4. Part I: Background
5. 1. The Advent of the War on Drugs 17
6. Part II: Supply and Demand
7. 2. Drug Dealers 37
8. 3. The Mexico–Chicago Heroin Connection 64
9. 4. Cultivating Cannabis, Excepting Cannabis 92
10. Part III: The Domestic Front
11. 5. The Local War on Drugs 131
12. 6. Cannabis Culture Wars 159
13. 7. Psychedelic Wars: LSD as Mental Medicine in a Battle for Hearts and Minds 186
14. Part IV: The International Front
15. 8. The War on Drugs in Mexico 215
16. 9. The War on Drugs in Afghanistan 242
17. Part V: The Alternative to War
18. 10. Between the Free Market and the Drug War 273
19. 11. The Pharma Cartel 303
20. Acknowledgments 343
21. About the Editor 345
22. About the Contributors 347
23. Index 351