This book is a detailed and close examination of the rave club drugs market as it took place in nightclubs, dance parties, pubs and bars and among friendship networks in London, in the mid to late 1990s.
This book is a detailed and close examination of the rave club drugs market as it took place in nightclubs, dance parties, pubs and bars and among friendship networks in London, in the mid to late 1990s.
Since George Bush declared his war on drugs in 1989, cocaine addiction in America has increased 15%, and narcotics have emerged as major commodities from the Third World.
Since George Bush declared his war on drugs in 1989, cocaine addiction in America has increased 15%, and narcotics have emerged as major commodities from the Third World.
Egdar "e;Lefty"e; Mendieta investigates the death of a notorious stripper in this second sweltering "e;Narco-lit"e; noir from the Godfather of Mexican crime fictionAn intelligent, atmospheric police procedural series for fans of John Le Carr and Mick HeronWhen the mutilated body of Mayra Cabral de Melo is found in a dusty field, Detective Edgar "e;Lefty"e; Mendieta has personal reasons for bringing the culprit to justice.
In the flow of drugs to the United States from Latin America, women have always played key roles as bosses, business partners, money launderers, confidantes, and courierswork rarely acknowledged.
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe unbelievable true story of the man now pardoned by President Trump In 2011, a twenty-six-year-old programmer named Ross Ulbricht launched the ultimate free market: the Silk Road, a clandestine Web site hosted on the Dark Web where anyone could trade anything drugs, hacking software, forged passports, counterfeit cash, poisons free of the government s watchful eye.
WINNER OF THE NED KELLY AWARD FOR BEST TRUE CRIME 2023WINNER OF THE UK TRUE CRIME AWARD FOR BEST INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING 2024A relentlessly fascinating and often jaw-dropping true story of two American women who unwittingly became Australia's 'Drug Grannies'In 1977, Vera 'Toddie' Hays and Florice 'Beezie' Bessire thought they were about to embark on the trip of a lifetime when Vera's nephew, Vern Todd, offered them a campervan to drive from Germany to India.
Wait now, light me up so we do this right, yes, hold me steady to the lamp, hold it, hold, good, a slow pull to start with, to draw the smoke low into the lungs, yes, oh my.
In Psychedelia and Other Colours, acclaimed author Rob Chapman explores in crystalline detail the history, precedents and cultural impact of LSD, from the earliest experiments in painting with light and immersive environments to the thriving avant-garde scene that existed in San Francisco even before the Grateful Dead and the Fillmore Auditorium.
This book explores and explains how traditional and alternative media have framed the issues of gun trafficking into Mexico, drug-related violence, and spillover violence.
This book represents an effort by a number of leading criminologists to articulate a pragmatic crime policy for America-a policy that combines academic insights about crime prevention with the realities of contemporary politics.
This book represents an effort by a number of leading criminologists to articulate a pragmatic crime policy for America-a policy that combines academic insights about crime prevention with the realities of contemporary politics.
First published in 1998, this influential volume develops previous research by the author and explores issues and solutions regarding the roles of law enforcement, drug referral and official and media reactions.
First published in 1998, this influential volume develops previous research by the author and explores issues and solutions regarding the roles of law enforcement, drug referral and official and media reactions.
Violence is widely associated with illegal drug markets, and is one of the features that can differentiate illegal capitalism from legitimate business.
Violence is widely associated with illegal drug markets, and is one of the features that can differentiate illegal capitalism from legitimate business.
This book explains how Burma's booming drug production, insurgency, and counter-insurgency interrelate-and why the country has been unable to shake off thirty years of military rule and build a modern, democratic society.
This book explains how Burma's booming drug production, insurgency, and counter-insurgency interrelate-and why the country has been unable to shake off thirty years of military rule and build a modern, democratic society.
Skating on Thin Ice exposes the culture of toxic masculinity in professional hockey and suggests how sport and society can change the narrative on sexual assault and violence.
This timely and important work offers an in-depth analysis of the existence-or nonexistence-of a nexus between international terrorism and drug trafficking emanating from Afghanistan.
A stunning investigation of the life and legend of Mexican kingpin Joaqun Archivaldo ';El Chapo' Guzmn Loera, building on Noah Hurowitz's revelatory coverage for Rolling Stone of El Chapo's federal drug-trafficking trial.
NOW A MAJOR SKY ATLANTIC SERIESFrom the international bestselling author of Gomorrah, this searing expos reveals how dirty money and the drug trade are at the heart of our lives, our economy, and our worldIn many countries, 'zero zero' or double zero flour is the finest, best flour on the market.
Durante el 2016 se vivieron dos episodios históricos para la reflexión sobre las estrategias de drogas en Colombia: la celebración de la Sesión Especial de la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas sobre el problema mundial de drogas (UNGASS 2016) y la firma del Acuerdo de Paz entre el Gobierno y las FARC-EP, que incluye lo pactado sobre la "Solución al problema de las drogas ilícitas".
La implementación del Acuerdo de Paz entre las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) y el Gobierno nacional –así como el inicio de los diálogos con el Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN)– es un hecho fundamental en la historia política y económica del país.
