03171nam 2200721 450 991078571790332120210311111955.01-350-21810-31-84813-969-11-283-64099-61-84813-968-310.5040/9781350218109(CKB)2670000000270463(EBL)4708453(SSID)ssj0000775402(PQKBManifestationID)12325920(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000775402(PQKBWorkID)10735645(PQKB)11581528(MiAaPQ)EBC1042706(Au-PeEL)EBL1042706(CaPaEBR)ebr10610263(CaONFJC)MIL395349(OCoLC)813928954(OCoLC)1241539849(CaBNVSL)9781350218109(EXLCZ)99267000000027046320210311e20212021 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAfrica and the war on drugs /Neil Carrier and Gernot KlantschnigLondon, England :Zed Books,2012.[London, England] :Bloomsbury Publishing,20211 online resource (135 p.)African argumentsDescription based upon print version of record.9781848139664 1848139675 Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-169) and index.Africa's drug habit -- Drugs and development : a new threat or opportunity? -- Drug barons, traffickers and mules : Africa as entrepôt -- African states and drugs : complexity, neglect and repression.Nigerian drug lords in UK prisons, khat-chewing Somali pirates hijacking Western ships, crystal meth-smoking gangs controlling South Africa's streets, and narco-traffickers corrupting the state in Guinea-Bissau: these are some of the vivid images surrounding drugs in Africa which have alarmed policymakers, academics and the general public in recent years. In this revealing and original book, the authors weave these aspects into a provocative argument about Africa's role in the global trade and control of drugs. In doing so, they show how foreign-inspired policies have failed to help African drug users but have strengthened the role of corrupt and brutal law enforcement officers, who are tasked with halting the export of heroin and cocaine to European and American consumer markets. A vital book on an overlooked front of the so-called war on drugs.African arguments.Drug trafficAfricaDrug controlAfricaDrug abuseAfricaDrugs trade / drug traffickingbicsscDrug trafficDrug controlDrug abuseDrugs trade / drug trafficking363.45096Carrier Neil C. M.916119Klantschnig Gernot1977-HLSCaBNVSLCaBNVSLBOOK9910785717903321Africa and the war on drugs3839868UNINA