Meth Wars: Police, Media, Power

by Travis Linnemann

Book Overview

How the War on Drugs is maintained through racism, authority and public opinion.

From the hit television series Breaking Bad, to daily news reports, anti-drug advertising campaigns and highly publicized world-wide hunts for "narcoterrorists" such as Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, the drug, methamphetamine occupies a unique and important space in the public's imagination. In Meth Wars, Travis Linnemann situates the "meth epidemic" within the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1479800023
• ISBN13: 9781479800025
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"