The Dope
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Title
Creator
Description
History of the Mexican drug trade
Date
Language
Format
Publisher
Identifier
9781324021827
Rights
Copyright 2021 by Benjamin Smith
Coverage
History of the Mexican drug trade.
Abstract
The Dope exposes how an illicit industry that started with farmers, families and healers came to be dominated by cartels, kingpins and corruption. Benjamin T Smith traces an unforgettable cast of characters from the early twentieth century to the modern day, whose actions came to influence Mexico as we now know it. There's Enrique Fernández, the borderlands trafficker who became Mexico's first major narco and one of the first victims of the war on drugs; Eduardo 'Lalo' Fernández, Mexico's most prominent heroin chemist and first major cocaine importer; Leopoldo Salazar Viniegra, the brilliant doctor and Marxist who tried (and failed) to decriminalize Mexico's drugs; and Harry Anslinger, the head of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics whose sensationalist strategies paved the way for U.S. interference and the extraordinary levels of violence in Mexico today.
Date Copyrighted
2021
Date Issued
2021
Book Item Type Metadata
Sub Title
The Real History of the Mexican Drug Trade
Subject
Mexican drug trade
Edition
2nd
Pages
462
Cover Price
$20
Dimensions
8.25" x 5.5"
Condition
New
Condition Notes
New
Book Class
3rd
Citation
Benjamin T. Smith, “The Dope,” Wirtshafter Collection-Cannabis Museum-Athens, Ohio, accessed May 20, 2024, https://cannabismuseum.com/omeka/items/show/12913.