ABSTRACT
Drug Diplomacy is the first comprehensive historical account of the evolution of the global drugs control regime. The book analyzes how the rules and regulations that encompass the drug question came to be framed. By examining the international historical aspects of the issue, the author addresses the many questions surrounding this global problem.
Including coverage of substances from heroin and cocaine to morphine, stimulants, hallucinogens and alcohol, Drug Diplomacy addresses:
* the historical development of drug laws, drug-control institutions, and attitudes about drugs
* international control negotiations and the relationship between the drug question and issues such as trade policy, national security concerns, the Cold War and medical considerations
* the reasons why the goal to eliminate drug abuse has been so hard to accomplish.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |6 pages
Introduction
part I|34 pages
Setting the stage
chapter 1|32 pages
Drugs through the ages to 1920
part II|62 pages
Establishing the system
chapter 2|36 pages
Laying the foundation— 1919–25
chapter 3|24 pages
Completing the edifice— 1925–31
part III|110 pages
Work in progress
chapter 4|29 pages
Against the tide—1931–39
chapter 5|22 pages
Preservation, perseverance, promise—1939–46
chapter 6|29 pages
Trouble in paradise— 1945–53 1
chapter 7|28 pages
The long march to the Single Convention— 1953–61 1
part IV|43 pages
The regime challenged