Drug wars and coffeehouses : the political economy of the international drug trade

Drug wars and coffeehouses : the political economy of the international drug trade /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mares, David R.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : CQ Press, ©2006.
Subjects:
Drug traffic.
Drug control.
Table of Contents:
  • pt. I. Thinking about illicit drugs
  • 1. The drug trade as a global and national phenomenon
  • The politics of policy
  • Psychoactive substances : what are they and how do they work?
  • A commodity systems framework
  • Summary
  • 2. Analytic perspectives for explaining the drug trade
  • Four analytical perspectives
  • Combining perspectives on drug policy
  • Explaining national strategies
  • Summary.
  • pt. II. The phenomenon, its dynamics, and policy options
  • 3. Conceptualizing consumption : drug use and drug users
  • Thinking about the data and the questions we want to answer
  • The illegal use of psychoactive substances
  • Effects and probabilities
  • Summary
  • 4. The production of psychoactive substances
  • The role of production in the psychoactive substance commodity system
  • What types of psychoactive substances are produced?
  • Where does production of illegal psychoactive substances occur?
  • Why do people produce illegal psychoactive substances?
  • Summary
  • 5. Distribution : linking producers and consumers
  • The role of traffickers in the PASCS
  • Why is someone a trafficker?
  • Summary
  • 6. Money laundering : money makes the world go 'round
  • The role of money laundering in the PASCS
  • The process of money laundering
  • Pursuing money launderers
  • Summary
  • 7. The political economy of international drug strategies : going it alone or working together
  • Cooperation and conflict
  • Unilateral international policies
  • The international politics of plan Colombia
  • Summary.
  • pt. III. National and international experiences
  • 8. The United States : from crime reduction to drug war, 1968-1982
  • Summary
  • The context for modern U.S. drug policy
  • Crime reduction : 1970-1974
  • Harm reduction stillborn : 1975-1980
  • The road to the drug war
  • 9. The Netherlands : from drug war to dynamic harm reduction, 1960-2002
  • Summary
  • The context for modern Dutch drug policy
  • Drug war : 1960-1965
  • De facto harm reduction : 1967-1976
  • Official harm reduction : 1976-1995
  • Dynamic harm reduction : 1995-2002
  • 10. Sweden : from harm reduction to drug war, 1965-1993
  • Summary
  • Background
  • The context for modern Swedish drug policy
  • Harm reduction : 1965
  • Prohibition with harm reduction : 1968
  • Pursuing the drug-free society : 1976
  • Pursuing the drug war : the 1990s.

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