ABSTRACT

Examines the abuse of drugs in the West and the scope and value of the illegal drugs business, and the failure of the drug enforcement programmes either to curtail the supply of drugs or to persuade users to abandon their habit.

chapter |10 pages

1 The World Pattern: An Overview

chapter |14 pages

2 The Role of the United Nations

chapter |14 pages

3 The Drugs

chapter |12 pages

4 Statistics and Comparisons (Britain)

chapter |16 pages

5 British Attitudes to Drugs

chapter |9 pages

6 The U.S. Drug Scene

chapter |9 pages

7 U.S. Statistics

chapter |12 pages

8 The U.S. Policy of Certification

chapter |22 pages

9 Colombia: Key to the Cocaine Trade

chapter |14 pages

10 Colombia' Neighbors

chapter |9 pages

12 The Golden Triangle

chapter |10 pages

13 The Golden Crescent

chapter |9 pages

14 The Involvement of All Asia

chapter |15 pages

15 The Growing Involvement of Africa

chapter |13 pages

16 Europe

chapter |9 pages

17 Money Laundering

chapter |10 pages

18 The Cannabis Debate

chapter |9 pages

19 Conclusions