The book in particular really opened my mind to the idea that illicit drug economies and anti-drug police activity are ultimately symbiotic, forming a system th

The book in particular really opened my mind to the idea that illicit drug economies and anti-drug police activity are ultimately symbiotic, forming a system that consumes lives. And nothing else that I've read has conveyed so vividly the confusion and powerlessness one can feel in a life of addiction to hard drugs, caught up in that system.