Policing Methamphetamine: Narcopolitics in Rural America
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| Rating | : | 4.69 (645 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0814732402 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 201 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-05-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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William Garriott is Assistant Professor in the Law, Politics, and Society program at Drake University.
“In this brilliant ethnography, Garriott reveals that as the war on drugs extends from the inner city to rural Appalachia, suspicion and mistrust come to dominate small-town interactions. Compassionate and relentless, he demonstrates the brutal reality of narcopolitics in the United States. People one knows and everyday objects are quietly transformed into sources of danger and illegality by the state's desire to root out methamphetamine. The author’s subtle and insightful analytic voice draws on the words, experiences, and emotions of residents of Baker County to detail the pat
"Critique of The War on Drugs and its impact on the rural poor" according to Karuna. I really like this book. Garriott conducts research in rural America and shows the ways in which meth users are stigmatized and criminalized and do not receive adequate services. So many pieces criticizing the 'War on Drugs' focuses on 1980s and 1990s inner city drug use & incarceration (mostly crack and heroin), and meanwhile, large swaths of rural America are experiencing financial and social devastation (AND IT'S HAPPENING NOW IN FULL SWING). The author interviews townspeople and conducts observations of court hearings over a 2-year period of time an. Five Stars Good. The cover tells the whole storydon't bother to read the book jsbrns Like most books about meth it supports the para-military tactics used by law enforcement to control people and not address the problem of addiction.
Government-sponsored anti-methamphetamine legislation has enhanced these local efforts, formally and informally encouraging rural residents to identify meth offenders in their communities. 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. Ultimately, this work addresses the impact of methamphetamine and, more generally, the war on drugs, on everyday life in the United States.. 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