The devil's drug the global emergence of crystal meth / Teun Voeten.
| Author/creator | Voeten, Teun |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2025] |
| Description | x, 303 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Drug van de duivel. English |
| Contents | Introduction -- The Bizarre History of Crystal Meth: From State Approved Energizer Drug to the Underground -- Tijuana: A Failed City in the Grip of Meth -- Trends in Worldwide Production and Trafficking -- Michoacán: The Perfect Cartel Clusterfuck -- The Netherlands as a Functional Narco-State -- Sinaloa: Welcome to Narco Central -- Users: Trends and Patterns in Consumption -- Chemsex in Amsterdam: Lust Unlimited -- The Pharmacological Dimension of Crystal Meth -- Prague: Meth as Rebellion -- Chemistry 101: Making Meth and How Many Roads Lead to Rome -- Afghanistan: Opium and Organic Meth -- Demonizing Crystal Meth: Breaking Bad, Faces of Meth, and Social Constructs -- Skid Row, Downtown Los Angeles: From Winos to Crackheads to Tweakers -- The Golden Triangle: Crystal Meth Free Trade Zone -- Shaking and Baking in Cadillac and the Strange Case of Uncle Fester -- Brabant: From Smuggling Butter to Brewing Moonshine, from Weed and XTC to Meth -- Is Fentanyl the New Crystal Meth? The Tentative Low of the Opioid Crisis -- Are the Mexican Cartels Coming to the Netherlands? -- Conclusions and Future Expectations. |
| Abstract | "With a combination of thorough investigative journalism, daring fieldwork, and colorful atmospheric sketches, Voeten draws a very detailed and disturbing picture of a drug that is on a rapid international rise"-- Provided by publisher. |
| General note | "Originally published in 2022 as Drug van de duivel: de wereldwijde opmars van crystal meth in Dutch by Pelckmans" -- title page verso. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2024027904 |
| ISBN | 9781538198612 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |