The Dope: The Real History of the Mexican Drug Trade

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The Mexican drug trade has inspired prejudiced narratives of a war between north and south, white and brown, between noble cops and vicious kingpins, corrupt politicians and powerful cartels. In The Dope, Benjamin T. Smith draws on unprecedented archival research, leaked DEA, Mexican law enforcement, and cartel documents, and dozens of harrowing interviews to tell the real story of how and why this one-peaceful industry turned violent, interrogate the US-backed policies that inflamed the carnage, and explore corruption on both sides of the border. Vivid characters-from Ignacia "La Nacha" Jasso, "queen-pin" of Juarez, to Harry Anslinger, founder of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics-propel this thrilling history, which reveals the human cost of the trade. A dark morality tale about the American hunger for intoxication and the necessities of human survival, The Dope is essential for understanding drug war violence and how decades-old myths shape Mexico in the American imagination today.