The Candy Machine: How Cocaine Took Over the World

Cocaine is big business. Governments spend millions on an unwinnable war against it, yet it's now the drug of choice in the West. How did the cocaine economy get so huge? Who keeps it running behind the scenes? In The Candy Machine Tom Feiling travels the trade routes from Colombia via Miami, Kingston and Tijuana to London and New York. He meets Medellín hitmen, US kingpins, British crack users and Brazilian traffickers, and talks to the soldiers and narcotics officers who fight the gangs. Cutting through the myths about the white market, this is the story of cocaine as it's never been told before. ----------------------------------- 351 pages including index. Some pages wavy as if book was kept near steam. ---------- Orders over $100.00 are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Size: Approx 5" Wide and 7¾ " Tall.