{"product_id":"global-habit-9780815781417","title":"Global Habit","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe market for illicit drugs is expanding inexorably around the world. More kinds of drugs are becoming more available in more places than ever before. But the drug trade is not only growing, it is changing in character. It has ceased to be a marginal area of criminal activity and has now become a major global enterprise controlled by formidable interests that threaten much more than the health of drug users. Moreover, the immense wealth that has been amassed from selling drugs has given the principal trafficking organizations enormous power to corrupt and intimidate public officials and government institutions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this major book, Paul Stares presents a compelling portrait of the global drug market and the consequences of this international plague. He explains that there are good reasons to fear that the global market for drugs will continue to expand in the coming years: profits to the traffickers are huge; the revolutionary advances in communications, transportation, a\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48884695925079,"sku":"9780815781417","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/global-habit-9780815781417","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}