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We Sell Drugs
- The Alchemy of the U.S. Empire
- Narrated by: Karen White
- Length: 12 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: History, Americas
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This history of US-led international drug control provides new perspectives on the economic, ideological, and political foundations of a Cold War American empire. US officials assumed the helm of international drug control after World War II at a moment of unprecedented geopolitical influence embodied in the growing economic clout of its pharmaceutical industry.
We Sell Drugs is a study grounded in the transnational geography and political economy of the coca-leaf and coca-derived commodities market stretching from Peru and Bolivia into the United States. More than a narrow biography of one famous plant and its equally famous derivative products - Coca-Cola and cocaine - this audiobook situates these commodities within the larger landscape of drug production and consumption. Examining efforts to control the circuits through which coca traveled, Suzanna Reiss provides a geographic and legal basis for considering the historical construction of designations of legality and illegality.
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- Chris M. White
- 26-12-14
Exactly what we need to know
Would you try another book from Suzanna Reiss and/or Karen White?
This is an excellent history of the US failed and dishonest war on drugs. A must read.
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