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War and Drugs - The Role of Military Conflict in the Development of Substance Abuse (Paperback)
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War and Drugs - The Role of Military Conflict in the Development of Substance Abuse (Paperback)
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"War and Drugs" explores the relationship between military
incursions and substance use and abuse throughout history. For
centuries, drugs have been used to weaken enemies, stimulate troops
to fight, and quell post-war trauma. They have also served as a
source of funding for clandestine military and paramilitary
activity. From the Opium Wars through the wars in Iraq and
Afghanistan, themes of colonialism, capitalism, and anticommunism
have constructed the foundation for the current crisis of
international drug trafficking and addiction. In addition to
offering detailed geopolitical perspectives, this book explores the
intergenerational trauma that follows military conflict and the
rising tide of substance abuse among veterans, especially from the
Vietnam and Iraq-Afghan eras. Addiction specialist Bergen-Cico
raises important questions about the past and challenges us to
consider new approaches in the future especially to that longest of
U.S. wars: the erstwhile War on Drugs. Dessa Bergen-Cico is
interviewed here by Motherboard in short piece about her book."
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