This Is Cocaine

by Nick Constable

The recreational drug with the fastest-growing popularity, cocaine is marked by contrasts: it brings euphoria and despair, results in obscene wealth and dire poverty, and is used by both Peruvian hill farmers and sharply dressed American professionals. This book, featuring photographs and illustrations, presents the drug in all its complexity, including the drug's history, the extraordinary world of drug lords and traffickers, the politics of production, the science of addiction, and cocaine's health implications.

204 pages, Paperback

First published October 25, 2002

Reviews

[John Anthony · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very readable and informative.