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Discusses the historical connection between drugs and crime, describes the heroin, cocaine, and marijuana trades, and looks at money laundering, corruption, and street crime.

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School Library Journal Review

Gr 9 Up Following the depiction of the historical perspective of drugs and crime, the heroin, cocaine, and marijuana trades are described in detail, along with the resultant corruption and street crime which are components of the illegal money chain. Captioned black-and-white photographs profusely illustrate the text. The factual, up-to-date information supercedes some of that found in Edward Dolan's International Drug Traffic (Watts, 1985). Sue Diehl, Robertsville Junior High School, Oak Ridge, Tenn. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Booklist Review

A hard-hitting discussion shows how the extensive manufacture, distribution, and consumption of drugs are connected to ``rampant'' violence and corruption on city streets, among public officials, and even in national governments. Considering in turn heroin, cocaine, marijuana, and synthetics such as LSD and amphetamines, the Hooblers paint a grim picture of the international operations and power of the lucrative drug trade. They focus on countries such as Colombia (intimidated by widespread assassination of antidrug officials) as well as on bribery in the U.S. and the often futile court attempts to deal with the armies of pushers and users. Though marred by the series' usual repetitive padding and a serious lack of documentation (``Some experts say''; ``Studies have shown''), this has the appeal of a well-researched magazine article with many well-chosen photographs. Includes glossary, bibliography, index. Gr. 7-12. HR. 364.2 Narcotics and crime / Narcotics, Control of / Drug abuse and crime [CIP] 87-21826

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Dorothy Hoobler is a historian and author of over sixty books, both fiction and nonfiction, mostly for young readers. Her and her husband are the authors of the well-loved American Family Album series, including The Japanese American Family Album, which was named a Carter G. Woodson Honor Book in 1997. The Hooblers won the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Young Adult Novel in 2005 with In Darkness, Death.

In addition, the Society for School Librarians International chose their book Showa: The Era of Hirohito for a best book award in 1991, and they have been cited for excellence by the Library of Congress, the Parents' Choice Foundation, Bank Street College, the International Reading Association, the National Conference of Christians and Jews, and the New York Public Library.

(Bowker Author Biography)