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Drug Smuggler Nation: Narcotics and the Netherlands, 1920-1995

Drug Smuggler Nation: Narcotics and the Netherlands, 1920-1995

Snelders, Stephen

Paperback

General European HistoryGeneral Political ScienceGeneral World History

ISBN10: 1526167220
ISBN13: 9781526167224
Publisher: Manchester Univ Pr
Published: Feb 14 2023
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.78
Height: 0.64 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

Why did the international drug regulatory regime of the twentieth century fail to stop an explosive increase in trade and consumption of illegal drugs? This book investigates the histories of smugglers and criminal entrepreneurs in the Netherlands who succeeded in turning the country into the so-called 'Colombia of Europe'.

Increasing state regulations and interventions led to the proliferation of a 'hydra' of small, anarchic groups and networks ideally suited to circumvent the enforcement of regulation. Smugglers and suppliers of heroin, cocaine, cannabis, and other drugs created a thriving underground industry of illegal synthetic drug labs and indoor cannabis cultivation in the Netherlands itself, made possible because of the embedded criminal anarchy in Dutch society.

Using examples from the rich history of drug smuggling, Drug smuggler nation investigates the hidden grounds of the illegal drug trade, and its effects on our drug policies.

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