Table of Contents
Introduction David Farber 1
Part I Background
1 The Advent of the War on Drugs David Farber 17
Part II Supply and Demand
2 Drug Dealers David Farber 37
3 The Mexico-Chicago Heroin Connection Elaine Carey 64
4 Cultivating Cannabis, Excepting Cannabis Michael Polson 92
Part III The Domestic Front
5 The Local War on Drugs Peter C. Pihos 131
6 Cannabis Culture Wars Emily Dufton 159
7 Psychedelic Wars: LSD as Mental Medicine in a Battle for Hearts and Minds Lucas Richert Erika Dyck Alexis Turner 186
Part IV The International Front
8 The War on Drugs in Mexico Aileen Teague 215
9 The War on Drugs in Afghanistan James Bradford 242
Part V The Alternative to War
10 Between the Free Market and the Drug War David Herzberg 273
11 The Pharma Cartel Kathleen Frydl 303
Acknowledgments 343
About the Editor 345
About the Contributors 347
Index 351