Cocaine, cannabis and conscience

The book provides the reader fascinating insights of the drug wars and politics in six nations, from Honduras in Latin America to the UK and Australia

From Richard Nixon’s war on drugs in the late 1970s to Rodrigo Duterte’s 21st century extreme anti-narcotic campaign, the world has seen a lot in between that has shaped global politics, policies and actions to curb the drug trade. Antony Loewenstein’s book Pills, Powder and Smoke is an exhaustive journalistic account of how governments and corporations have pushed more of the world’s narcotic trade into the hands of notorious cartels that exploit vulnerable communities in some of the world’s most impoverished regions and the poor in rich nations to sell their deadly wares. Mr Lowenstein’s book is an essential read