Drugs in the Western Hemisphere An Odyssey of Cultures in Conflict

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ISBN: 9780842024228 | 0842024220
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 3/1/1996

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A history of drugs is a study of cultures in competition, argues editor William O. Walker III. Eminently adaptive, drug cultures have competed with proscriptive cultures to create a legitimate place for themselves, although one that the dominant society m

Introduction: Culture, Drugs, and Politics in the Americas
Cultures in Conflict	p. 1
The History of Coca	p. 2
The Coca Debate in Colonial Peru	p. 8
Coca Production in the Bolivian Yungas	p. 22
Opium Usage in the United States, 1872	p. 34
Nonmedical Drug Use in the United States	p. 41
The War against the Murderers	p. 46
The Origins of Inter-American Drug Control	p. 51
Drugs in Latin America, 1920-1940	p. 57
The Cultivation of Opium Poppies in Mexico, 1926	p. 59
Traffic across the U.S.-Mexican Border, 1931	p. 60
The Business of Drugs in Mexico, 1936	p. 61
Control across the Border	p. 64
Drugs and Honduran Politics, 1933	p. 80
In Defense of the Government of Honduras, 1934	p. 82
Drug Trafficking and Murder in Honduras, 1935	p. 84
Charges of Complicity in Honduras, 1939	p. 85
The Honduran Antidrug Record in the 1930s	p. 88
In Defense of Coca Growing in Bolivia, 1932	p. 98
The Problem of Coca in Bolivian Society, 1942	p. 107
Coca and Peruvian Indians, 1932	p. 109
Studying Coca Production in Peru, 1936	p. 112
The Wartime Experience	p. 115
Peruvian Cocaine and the War Effort, 1941	p. 116
Cocaine Production in Peru, 1942	p. 117
Drug Control in Peru, 1945	p. 118
U.S. Agents in Mexico, 1941	p. 120
Mexican Opium Production and Trafficking, 1943	p. 122
The United States, Mexico, and Drug Control, 1943	p. 124
A Drug Raid in Durango, 1944	p. 127
Confrontation and Controversy	p. 131
Attack on Opium Production in Mexico, 1947	p. 133
U.S.-Mexican Reconciliation, 1948	p. 134
Coca Chewing in Colombia, 1948	p. 137
The Coca Leaf Habit in the Andes	p. 139
The Coca Habit in South America, 1952	p. 140
The Coca Habit in Peru, 1952	p. 146
The Problem of Coca-Leaf Chewing, 1953	p. 150
A System of Controlled Legalization in the United States, 1955	p. 154
Interview with a Drug Dealer	p. 160
Drugs and Security	p. 167
Intensifying the U.S.-Mexican War on Drugs, 1960	p. 169
Castro's Cuba and Illicit Drug Traffic, 1959	p. 170
The Mexican Campaign against Growers, 1962	p. 172
Mexico's Antidrug Campaign in the 1970s	p. 174
Drug Trafficking in Colombia, 1980	p. 193
Drugs in the Americas: An Assessment	p. 195
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the War on Drugs, 1988	p. 198
The Drug War in Colombia, 1989	p. 201
The Clinton Administration's Shift in Policy, 1944	p. 215
Operation Polar Cap	p. 217
The Foreign Narcotics Policy of the United States since 1980	p. 229
Suggested Readings	p. 251
Suggested Films	p. 261
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Drugs in the Western Hemisphere An Odyssey of Cultures in Conflict

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