Drugs 2.0
Subtitle: the web revolution that's changing how the world gets high
By: Mike Power
Publisher: Portobello
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9781846274596
Subjects: Drug traffic; Designer drugs; Internet pharmacies; Drug and Narcotic Control; Designer Drugs; Illicit Drugs; Drug Industry; Society; Rauschgifthandel; Arzneimittelhandel; Internet; Drogmissbruk; Narkotikahandel; Internationella aspekter; Elektronisk handel; Droger; Sociala aspekter
Description: An eye-opening investigation of the new and constantly-mutating drug culture - driven by social networking and rogue chemistry, and enabled by antiquated laws.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue : Contemporary chemical culture; title: Vegetable to chemical; title: The great ecstasy of the toolmaker Shulgin; title: The birth of an online drugs culture; title: The rise and fall of the research chemical scene; title: The calm before the storm, and a curious drought; title: Mephedrone madness : the underground hits the high street; title: Woof woof is the new meow meow; title: Ready-salted zombies and a chemical panic; title: Your crack's in the post; title: Prohibition in the digital age.