Description: Opium’s Orphans : The 200-year History of the War on Drugs, Hardcover by Caquet, P. E., ISBN 1789145589, ISBN-13 9781789145588, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Upending all we know about the war on drugs, a history of the anti-narcotics movement’s origins, evolution, and questionable effectiveness.
Opium’s Orphans is the first full history of drug prohibition and the “war on drugs.” A no-holds-barred but balanced account, it shows that drug suppression was born of historical accident, not rational design. The war on drugs did not originate in Europe or the United States, and even less with President Nixon, but in China. Two Opium Wars followed by Western attempts to atone for them gave birth to an anti-narcotics order that has come to span the globe. But has the war on drugs succeeded? As opioid deaths and cartel violence run rampant, contestation becomes more vocal, and marijuana is slated for legalization, Opium's Orphans proposes that it is time to go back to the drawing board.
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Book Title: Opium's Orphans : the 200-Year History of the War on Drugs
Item Length: 9.2in
Item Height: 1.7in
Item Width: 6.2in
Author: P. E. Caquet
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: Sociology / General, Social History
Publisher: Reaktion Books, The Limited
Publication Year: 2022
Genre: History, Social Science
Item Weight: 26.1 Oz
Number of Pages: 440 Pages
