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Providing a picture of US involvement with international drug control from its inception to 1997, this book charts the American quest to internationalise the doctrine of drug prohibition, revealing its origins, motivation and methodologies, as well as contradictions and inconsistencies.

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Drug prohibition in the United States and the evolution of international narcotic control, 1909-1945; the exportation of drug prohibition; US hegemony and the UN drug control system, 1945-1960; prohibition deferred; Harry Anslinger, the US and the multilateral drug control during the Cold War, 1950-1958; the spurned progeny; Harry Anslinger, the United States and the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs; the global drug prohibition regime at work.

United States and International Drug Control 19091997

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      Publisher Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
      Published 4/22/2002 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9780826458131
      978-0826458131
      ISBN-10 0826458130
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      Central / national / federal government policies Organized crime

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Providing a picture of US involvement with international drug control from its inception to 1997, this book charts the American quest to internationalise the doctrine of drug prohibition, revealing its origins, motivation and methodologies, as well as contradictions and inconsistencies.

      Table of Contents
      Drug prohibition in the United States and the evolution of international narcotic control, 1909-1945; the exportation of drug prohibition; US hegemony and the UN drug control system, 1945-1960; prohibition deferred; Harry Anslinger, the US and the multilateral drug control during the Cold War, 1950-1958; the spurned progeny; Harry Anslinger, the United States and the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs; the global drug prohibition regime at work.

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