Pipe Dream Blues: Racism and the War on Drugs
- ISBN-10
- 0896084108
- ISBN-13
- 9780896084100
- Category
- Discrimination in criminal justice administration
- Pages
- 293
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1991
- Publisher
- South End Press
- Authors
- Clarence Lusane, Dennis Desmond
Description
Lusane argues that "the federal drug war being waged in the nation's capital is parallel to that waged against other communities nationwide and worldwide."--SF Bay Guardian
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