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Drug laws and institutional racism : the story told by the Congressional record /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chambers, Cheryl L., 1969-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: El Paso [Tex.] : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2011.
Series:Law and society (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
Drug control > Social aspects > United States > History.
Narcotic laws > Social aspects > United States > History.
Racism > United States > History.
Sociological jurisprudence > United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Conflict theory and racial inequality
  • Institutional racism and the use of the Congressional record
  • Opium laws of the late 1800s and 1909
  • The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937
  • Anti-drug Abuse Act of 1986 : cocaine and crack cocaine
  • Conclusions.