Download PDF by Neil Carrier,Gernot Klantschnig: Africa and the War on Drugs (African Arguments)

By Neil Carrier,Gernot Klantschnig

Nigerian drug lords in united kingdom prisons, khat-chewing Somali pirates hijacking Western ships, crystal meth-smoking gangs controlling South Africa's streets, and narco-traffickers corrupting the nation in Guinea-Bissau: those are a few of the bright photos surrounding medications in Africa that have alarmed policymakers, lecturers and most people in recent times. during this revealing and unique ebook, the authors weave those points right into a provocative argument approximately Africa's function within the worldwide exchange and regulate of gear. In doing so, they convey how foreign-inspired regulations have didn't aid African drug clients yet have reinforced the position of corrupt and brutal legislation enforcement officials, who're tasked with halting the export of heroin and cocaine to eu and American buyer markets.

A very important booklet on an missed entrance of the so-called struggle on drugs.

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