Reefer Madness: Sex, Drugs, and Cheap Labor in the American Black Market
Format: kindle
ASIN: B003KK5E7Q
Publish date: April 1st 2004
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages no: 352
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Writing,
History,
Mystery,
Economics,
Journalism,
Culture,
Politics,
Sociology,
Crime,
Social Science,
Law
Written the author of Fast Food Nation, this book contains three case studies that each dealing with an area of the black market: marijuana, immigrant workers in the strawberry fields on California, and the hard core porn industry. As one can expect from Schlosser, it is a thoroughly researched and ...
Schlosser explains why the US suffers from such a weird policy towards drugs (in general) and marijuana (in particular). Fascinating.
Such an interesting topic, but written in such a sensational, dumbed-down style -- what a shame! It was like a tabloid version of this study; the style felt like the author was trying to shock more than inform (and that's excluding the fact that most of this information I already knew).
9 years ago
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