A Brief History of CocaineA Brief History of Cocaine, Second Edition provides a fascinating historical insight into the reasons why cocaine use is increasing in popularity and why the rise of the cocaine trade is tightly linked with the rise of terrorism The author illustrates the challenges faced by today's governments and explains why current anti-drug efforts have had on |
Contents
1 The Inca and Spanish Conquests | 1 |
2 Joyfulle News | 9 |
3 Botanists Naturalists and Pedestrians | 17 |
4 Celebrity Endorsements | 31 |
5 A Cholo of Huarai | 43 |
6 Genies and Furies | 51 |
7 Death by Misadventure | 69 |
8 A New Disease Emerges | 79 |
11 The First Cocaine Cartels | 111 |
12 Risky Business | 117 |
13 The Legitimate Business of Poisoning Hindoos | 131 |
14 Harpies in the West End | 139 |
15 Japans Adventures in the Cocaine Trade | 147 |
16 Cocaine Pandemic? | 161 |
Afterword | 171 |
Further Reading | 175 |
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