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Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Brief History of the War on Drugs -- Objectives of This Book -- Case Selection and Approach -- Book Overview -- Chapter 2: The Drug War in Colombia -- The Miami-Colombia Connection -- The Medellín and Cali Cartels -- Plan Colombia and Beyond: Combating Drug Trafficking and Organized Crime -- Coca, Cocaine, and Organized Crime -- Security Improves but Coca Cultivation and Drug Trafficking Continue -- Criminal Bands, Drug Trafficking, and Human Rights Abuses -- The Santos Administration: Peace, Demobilization, and Drug Trafficking -- The Election of Duque and the Return to the War on Drugs -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3: Drug Trafficking and Organized Crime in Mexico -- The History of Drug Trafficking and Organized Crime -- The PRI, Organized Crime, and the Transition -- Enrique Peña Nieto: Crime, Violence, and Corruption -- The AMLO Administration, Organized Crime, and Violence -- Opium Production and Organized Crime in Guerrero -- The Coronavirus and Organized Crime -- Combating Corruption and Impunity -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4: Addiction, Fentanyl, and the Border -- OxyContin, Marketing, and Addiction -- Stories of Addiction -- The Fentanyl Fury: The Case of Philadelphia -- The Nation's First Safe Injection Site in Philadelphia -- The U.S. Southern Border and Drug Flows: The Supply of Fentanyl -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5: Prisons and the Consequences of Tough on Crime Policies at Home and Abroad -- Tough on Crime Policies and the U.S. Prison Explosion -- Race, Women, Drugs, and Prisons -- The Exorbitant Cost of the Prison System and the Revolving Door -- Prosecutorial Discretion and Sentencing -- Prisons in the Americas, the Drug War, and Tough on Crime Policies Abroad -- Women, Drug Crimes, and Prisons in the Americas.

State of war Sam Quinones -- Mexico's criminal justice system is too weak to stop the drug cartels William Booth -- Mexico's military response to drug violence is not working Nik Steinberg -- Corruption, drug cartels, and the Mexican police Ted Galen Carpenter -- Mexican government's drug strategy violates civil liberties Laura Carlsen -- Mexico's drug war has similarities to the war on terror Mario Loyola -- Central American countries should legalize drugs Jamie Dettmer -- US drug policy needs to change to end Mexico's drug war Jorge Castañeda -- Mexico's drug war: the battle without hope Malcolm Beith -- Mexico drug war: Enrique Pena Nieto could target small gangs Micheal Weissenstein -- Merida initiative is misguided and needs to be recalibrated Manuel Pérez-Rocha

Drugs, Driving and Traffic Safety gives a comprehensive overview of the effects of different medical conditions like neurological disorders, anxiety and depression and their pharmaceutical treatment on driving ability. In addition, the effects of alcohol and drugs of abuse are discussed. Leading experts present the different methodologies to examine effects of drugs on driving, and summarize the recent scientific evidence including epidemiological studies, roadside surveys, laboratory tests, driving simulators, and the standardized driving test. The volume includes guidelines of the International Council on Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety (ICADTS) and the ICADTS Drugs List 2007. Drugs, Driving and Traffic Safety is written for physicians, psychiatrists and pharmacists who want to inform their patients who use psychoactive drugs.

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Introduction -- The global trade -- The history of the war on drugs -- Commonly trafficked drugs -- The routes of drug trafficking -- Drug dealing in the 21st century -- Efforts to end drug trafficking -- Notes -- For more information -- Index -- Picture credits -- About the author

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