What do you think?
Rate this book
Uncontrolled Substances
When the FBI shut down the illegal narcotics exchange Silk Road, it claimed a huge victory in the effort to control online drug dealing. But the illicit business is only one part of the picture—and perhaps not even the biggest.
The gray market for designer drugs and legal highs is huge, and growing all the time. It's an underground revolution full of wild and untested chemicals that has caught fire thanks to the Web and globalization. And there may be nothing anybody can do to stop it.
In this painstaking MATTER investigation, journalist and author Mike Power explores the complex history of these mind-altering substances, and uncovers exactly how the system now allows almost anyone to design, commission, and manufacture their own legal high.
The gray market for designer drugs and legal highs is huge, and growing all the time. It's an underground revolution full of wild and untested chemicals that has caught fire thanks to the Web and globalization. And there may be nothing anybody can do to stop it.
In this painstaking MATTER investigation, journalist and author Mike Power explores the complex history of these mind-altering substances, and uncovers exactly how the system now allows almost anyone to design, commission, and manufacture their own legal high.
Kindle Edition
First published October 30, 2013
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
No one has reviewed this book yet.