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Dealing death and drugs : the big business of dope in the U.S. and Mexico : an argument for ending the prohibition of marijuana / Beto O'Rourke and Susie Byrd.

Title
Dealing death and drugs : the big business of dope in the U.S. and Mexico : an argument for ending the prohibition of marijuana / Beto O'Rourke and Susie Byrd.
Author
O'Rourke, Beto
Publication
El Paso, Tex. : Cinco Puntos Press, c2011.

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Byrd, Susannah Mississippi, 1971-
Description
119 p.; 18 cm.
Summary
Overview: The War on Drugs doesn't work. This became obvious to El Paso City Representatives Susie Byrd and Beto O'Rourke when they started to ask questions about why El Paso's sister city Ciudad Juarez has become the deadliest city in the world-8,000-plus deaths since January 1, 2008. Byrd and O'Rourke soon realized American drug use and United States' failed War on Drugs are at the core of problem. In Dealing Death and Drugs-a book written for the general reader-they explore the costs and consequences of marijuana prohibition. They argue that marijuana prohibition has created a black market so profitable that drug kingpins are billionaires and drug control doesn't stand a chance. Using Juarez as their focus, they describe the business model of drug trafficking and explain why this illicit system has led to the never-ending slaughter of human beings. Their position: the only rational alternative to the War on Drugs is to end to the current prohibition on marijuana.
Subject
  • Drug legalization > United States
  • Drug traffic > Mexican-American Border Region
  • Drug control > Mexican-American Border Region
  • Marijuana industry > Mexico
  • Marijuana industry > United States
  • Narco-terrorism > Mexico
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Why is Juárez the deadliest city in the world? -- Profit -- Demand -- Market forces -- Supply -- Supplier -- Market disruption -- Governing our desires: alcohol and marijuana -- Regulated, controlled and taxed: a better marijuana policy.
ISBN
  • 9781933693941 (alk. paper)
  • 1933693940 (alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2011034450
OCLC
669754896
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library