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Item Details
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THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF NARCOTICS
PRODUCTION, CONSUMPTION AND GLOBAL MARKETS |
| By: |
Julia Buxton |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| List price:
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£70.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1842774468 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781842774465 |
| Publisher: |
ZED BOOKS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
15 May, 2006 |
| Pages: |
256 |
| Description: |
Presents a critique of global policies of prohibition and the 'war on drugs'. Using well-known drugs, this book explains the political economy of narcotics production and consumption. It is useful for students with helpful maps, tables, and chapter bibliographies. |
| Synopsis: |
For nearly a century, regimes around the world have upheld a prohibitionist stance toward narcotics. The US has led this global consensus, enforcing recognition of international narcotics conventions and laws. Vast resources are pumped into the 'war on drugs'. But in practice, prohibition has been an abject failure. Narcotics use continues to rise, while technology and globalisation have made a whole new range of drugs available to a vast consumer market. Where wealth and demand exist, supply continues to follow. Prohibition has failed to stem consumption and production, criminalised social groups, impeded research into alternative medicine and disease, promoted violence and gang warfare, and impacted negatively on the environment. The alternative is a humane policy framework that recognises the incentives to produce, traffic and consume narcotics. |
| Illustrations: |
Illustrations |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Zed Books Ltd |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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