A Spanish journalist reveals what the Drug War really means: the danger it poses to the political stability of weak democracies, human rights and development an

"An important and timely book. The authors capture the dynamics of drug debate with uncanny accuracy. Too often, treatment and prevention get the short end of t

Introduction: How drugs made war and war made drugs -- Drunk on the front -- Where there's smoke there's war -- Caffeinated conflict -- Opium, empire, and Geopo

Examines how and why the US government went from regulating illicit drug traffic and consumption to declaring war on both.

Inaugurated in 1984, America's "War on Drugs" is just the most recent skirmish in a standoff between global drug trafficking and state power. From Britain's nin