Description
In this deeply reported global investigation, a journalist embarks on a three-year, 30,000-mile journey to uncover the origins, assumptions, and human costs of the war on drugs. Through the lives of people affected by drug criminalization—from those struggling with addiction to those caught in international trafficking networks—the book challenges familiar beliefs about drugs, dependence, and recovery. Tracing the story from the campaign’s early architects to its consequences in communities around the world, it explores themes of prohibition, stigma, trauma, power, and compassion. Provocative and humane, it argues for a fundamental rethinking of how society understands addiction and responds to it.
Available Editions
paperback
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Published Jan 1, 2015
400 pages
ISBN: 9781408857847
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Details
First Published
2015
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Chasing the Scream by Johann Hari.