The Latin American Narcotics Trade and U.S. National Security

by Donald J. Mabry

The Latin American narcotics trade is an important national security issue for the United States because it is destabilizing important Latin American allies and creating serious social problems within the United States. Frustration with the inability to block the flow of cocaine, marijuana, and heroin from Latin America prompted passage of major national anti-drug laws in 1986 and 1988. Throughout the decade, United States narcotics policy has...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313267863
• ISBN13: 9780313267864
• Release Date: November 1989
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"