The World Heroin Market

by Peter Reuter, Letizia Paoli, Victoria Greenfield

Heroin is universally considered the world's most harmful illegal drug. This is due not only to the damaging effects of the drug itself, but also to the spread of AIDS tied to its use. Burgeoning illegal mass consumption in the 1960s and 1970s has given rise to a global market for heroin and
other opiates of nearly 16 million users. The production and trafficking of opiates have caused crime, disease, and social distress throughout the world, leading...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195322991
• ISBN13: 9780195322996
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Academic
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.3"