Policing methamphetamine : narcopolitics in rural America /
In its steady march across the United States, methamphetamine has become, to quote former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, "the most dangerous drug in America." As a result, there has been a concerted effort at the local level to root out the methamphetamine problem by identifying the pe...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, N.Y. :
New York University Press,
©2011.
New York, New York : 2011 |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | In its steady march across the United States, methamphetamine has become, to quote former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, "the most dangerous drug in America." As a result, there has been a concerted effort at the local level to root out the methamphetamine problem by identifying the people at its source-those known or suspected to be involved with methamphetamine. Government-sponsored anti-methamphetamine legislation has enhanced these local efforts, formally and informally encouraging rural residents to identify meth offenders in their communities. Policing Methamphetamine shows what happ |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 191 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-180) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780814732410 0814732410 9780814733004 081473300X |