1st Edition

The War on Drugs in the Americas

By Christopher White Copyright 2020
198 Pages
by Routledge

198 Pages
by Routledge

198 Pages
by Routledge

The War on Drugs in the Americas brings together the history of the War on Drugs in the US and Latin America to reveal how, since 1914, when the US first criminalized the non-medical use of narcotics, the trade and violence associated with drugs has developed throughout the hemisphere. This concise and accessible book provides an overview of the geographic, historical, economic, and social... Read more

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part 1: The War on Drugs before 1981

Chapter 1: The US before 1981

Chapter 2: The Caribbean Basin before 1981

Chapter 3: South America before 1981

Part 2: The War on Drugs, 1981–95

Chapter 4: The US, 1981–95

Chapter 5: The Caribbean Basin, 1981–95

Chapter 6: South America, 1981–95

Part 3: The War on Drugs, 1995–Present

Chapter 7: The US, 1995–Present

Chapter 8: The Caribbean Basin, 1995–Present

Chapter 9: South America, 1995–Present

Chapter 10: Debating the Way Forward

Index

Biography

Christopher M. White is a Latin American History Professor at Marshall University in Huntington, WV. As a professor working in the state with the highest overdose rates in the country, his research is rooted in an evidence-driven approach toward explaining the War on Drugs.