9780814732403-0814732402-Policing Methamphetamine: Narcopolitics in Rural America

Policing Methamphetamine: Narcopolitics in Rural America

ISBN-13: 9780814732403
ISBN-10: 0814732402
Author: William Garriott
Publication date: 2011
Publisher: NYU Press
Format: Paperback 201 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780814732403
ISBN-10: 0814732402
Author: William Garriott
Publication date: 2011
Publisher: NYU Press
Format: Paperback 201 pages

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Policing Methamphetamine: Narcopolitics in Rural America (ISBN-13: 9780814732403 and ISBN-10: 0814732402), written by authors William Garriott, was published by NYU Press in 2011. With an overall rating of 3.9 stars, it's a notable title among other Drug Dependency (Addiction & Recovery, Substance Abuse, Women's Studies, Anthropology, Behavioral Sciences) books. You can easily purchase or rent Policing Methamphetamine: Narcopolitics in Rural America (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Drug Dependency books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $1.15.

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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 happens in everyday life—and to everyday life—when methamphetamine becomes an object of collective concern. Drawing on interviews with users, police officers, judges, and parents and friends of addicts in one West Virginia town, William Garriott finds that this overriding effort to confront the problem changed the character of the community as well as the role of law in creating and maintaining social order. Ultimately, this work addresses the impact of methamphetamine and, more generally, the war on drugs, on everyday life in the United States.

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