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Africa and the War on Drugs

Africa and the War on Drugs

Carrier, Neil
Klantschnig, Gernot

Hardcover

Series: African Arguments

CriminologyGeneral SociologyInternational Relations

ISBN10: 1848139675
ISBN13: 9781848139671
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: Oct 11 2012
Pages: 184
Weight: 0.66
Height: 0.80 Width: 5.10 Depth: 7.80
Language: English

Nigerian drug lords in UK prisons, khat-chewing Somali pirates hijacking Western ships, crystal meth-smoking gangs controlling South Africa's streets, and narco-traffickers corrupting the state in Guinea-Bissau: these are some of the vivid images surrounding drugs in Africa which have alarmed policymakers, academics and the general public in recent years. In this revealing and original book, the authors weave these aspects into a provocative argument about Africa's role in the global trade and control of drugs. In doing so, they show how foreign-inspired policies have failed to help African drug users but have strengthened the role of corrupt and brutal law enforcement officers, who are tasked with halting the export of heroin and cocaine to European and American consumer markets.

A vital book on an overlooked front of the so-called war on drugs.

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