Snow Job? (The War Against International Cocaine Trafficking)

Examines policies intended to control the production and export of cocaine from Latin America, and their limitations. Part I looks at drug policies of the past and present, cocaine prices, and the drug's manufacture. Part II analyzes the economic effects that controls exert on source countries and probes the Colombian drug lord connection. Part III recommends source country policies and looks at their implications for heroin and marijuana trafficking. Of interest to readers in political science, sociology, and law enforcement. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.