A BRIEF HISTORY OF COCAINE: FROM INCA MONARCHS TO CALI CARTELS: 500 YEARS OF COCAINE DEALING

Abstract

Karch shows not only how crop substitution, crop suppression (implemented today with the use of chemical herbicides), interdiction, and increased international cooperation have been tried repeatedly, but also how they are, arguably, serving the war on drugs no better today than they served the Spanish viceroy or the League of Nations in past eras. [...]the book makes for a discouraging critique of contemporary drug policy, both international and domestic.