"An extensive overview of the Drug trade in the Americas and its impact on politics, economics, and society throughout the region.
Highly recommended."-- Choice "A first-rate update on the state of the long-fought hemispheric \'war on drugs.\' It is particularly timely, as the perception that the war is lost and needs to be changed has never been stronger in Latin and North America."--Paul Gootenberg, author of Andean Cocaine: The Making of a Global Drug "A must-read v. . . . "An extensive overview of the Drug trade in the Americas and its impact on politics, economics, and society throughout the region