Book Talk: Mike Power, 'Drugs 2.0' - Part 1
Channel: John Jay Research
Date: 2014-05-02

'Drugs 2.0' (http://bit.ly/Ote2Zv) is a groundbreaking exploration of the ways in which the internet is changing the development, distribution, and consumption of drugs, and is published by Portobello in the UK and St. Martin's in the US later this year (2014).  It documents the emergence of 'legal highs' and was the first book to investigate the Silk Road, the billion-dollar online drug bazaar closed in October 2013.

Mike Power is a freelance investigative journalist for British newspapers and organizations including the Guardian, the Mail on Sunday, Reuters, Matter, The Sunday Herald, DrugScope, and the Big Issue.  He worked as a freelance correspondent in Latin America and the Caribbean, particularly Colombia, exploring the links between civil conflict, human rights, and the drug trade.