Long War on Drugs

Anne L. Foster is Associate Professor of History at Indiana State University, author of Projections of Power: The United States and Europe in Colonial Southeast Asia, 1919–1941, and coeditor of The American Colonial State in the Philippines: Global Perspectives, both also published by Duke University Press.

“The Long War on Drugs makes diplomatic history, the interaction between US domestic and regional drug policies, and social and cultural history work together to show how the present has been produced by the past. In beautiful prose, Anne L. Foster explains the diplomatic history of global prohibition and the various national interests it has supposedly served over time. Foster does a great job of bringing the current situation into view.” - Nancy D. Campbell, author of (OD: Naloxone and the Politics of Overdose) “A smart, compelling, and accessible soup-to-nuts narrative history of US drug wars at home and abroad. It’s a terrific survey for newcomers that also advances the field with fresh insights and synthesis.” - David Herzberg, author of (White Market Drugs: Big Pharma and the Hidden History of Addiction in America)

• Acknowledgments  ixIntroduction. The Meaning of Drugs  11. The Many Uses of Drugs  5Part I. The Battle for Prohibition, 1870–1940  152. Identifying the Problem  193. Deciding on Prohibition  314. International Conferences  425. Changing Practice and Policy in Medicine and Public Health  55Part II. To a Declaration of a War on Drugs, 1940–1980  676. Opportunities of World War II and Its Aftermath  717. US Laws and International Conventions  828. Who Is Using?  969. War on Drugs Declared  109Part III. Blurring the Lines, 1980–Present  12310. Mandatory Minimums  12711. Environmental Effects of the War on Drugs  13912. Marijuana’s Different Path  15213. New Challenges to the War on Drugs  164Conclusion. Never-Ending War on Drugs?  175Glossary  179Notes  181Suggestions for Further Reading  193Index  199