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The methamphetamine industry in America :

(Number (ISBN

0813569869

(Number (ISBN

9780813569864

Erroneous ISBN

0813569842

Erroneous ISBN

0813569850

Erroneous ISBN

9780813569840

Erroneous ISBN

9780813569857

Title Proper

The methamphetamine industry in America :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

transnational cartels and local entrepreneurs /

First Statement of Responsibility

Henry H. Brownstein, Timothy M. Mulcahy, and Johannes Huessy.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New Brunswick, New Jersey :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Rutgers University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

[2014]

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (xiii, 151 pages)

Series Title

Critical issues in crime and society

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-136) and index.

Text of Note

Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Understanding methamphetamine markets as an industry -- Methamphetamine in America -- Social activity in the methamphetamine industry -- Social relationships in the methamphetamine industry -- Culture and the methamphetamine industry -- Meth markets and the methamphetamine industry in the United States -- Appendix A: study of the dynamics of methamphetamine markets -- References -- Index.

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Text of Note

Galax, a small Virginia town at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains, was one of the first places that Henry H. Brownstein, Timothy M. Mulcahy, and Johannes Huessy visited for their study of the social dynamics of methamphetamine markets--and what they found changed everything. They had begun by thinking of methamphetamine markets as primarily small-scale mom-and-pop businesses operated by individual cooks who served local users--generally stymied by ever more strenuous laws. But what they found was a thriving and complex transnational industry. And this reality was repeated in towns and cities across America, where the methamphetamine market was creating jobs and serving as a focus for daily lives and social experience. The Methamphetamine Industry in America describes the reality that the methamphetamine industry is a social phenomenon connecting local, national, and international communities and markets. The book details the results of a groundbreaking three-stage study, part of a joint initiative of the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the National Institute of Justice, in which police agencies across the United States were surveyed and their responses used to identify likely areas of study. The authors then visited these areas to observe and interview local participants, from users and dealers to law enforcement officers and clinical treatment workers. Through the eyes and words of these participants, the book tells the story of the evolution of methamphetamine markets in the United States over the past several years, given changes in public policies and practices and changing public opinion about methamphetamine. The authors look closely at how the markets are part of a larger industry, how they are socially organized, and how they operate. They also consider the relationships among the people involved and those around them, and the national, regional, and local culture of the markets. Their work demonstrates the importance of understanding the business of methamphetamine--and by extension other drugs in society--through a lens that focuses on social behavior, social relationships, and the cultural elements that shape the organization and operation of this illicit but effective industry.

Source for Acquisition/Subscription Address

JSTOR

Stock Number

22573/ctt8dtkmg

Title

Methamphetamine industry in America

International Standard Book Number

9780813569840

Drug abuse-- Social aspects-- United States.

Drug control-- Mexico.

Drug control-- United States.

Methamphetamine abuse-- United States.

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS-- Infrastructure.

Drug abuse-- Social aspects.

Drug control.

Methamphetamine abuse.

SOCIAL SCIENCE-- General.

SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Sociology-- General.

Mexico.

United States.

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BUS-- 032000

SOC-- 000000

SOC004000

SOC026000

Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

Brownstein, Henry H.

Huessy, Johannes,1982-

Mulcahy, Timothy M.,1968-

Date of Transaction

20200822133949.0

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[Book]

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