Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-139) and index.
Contents:
1 Cannabis and coca, chemistry and culture -- 2 Cities and suburbs -- 3 Dealing with privilege -- 4 Ambivalent economics -- 5 Gendered ambivalence: cocaine, money, and manliness -- 6 The culture of cultivation -- 7 Ambivalence renounced: growing up and out of dealing -- 8 The rise and demise of cocaine culture.
Summary:
"In Dealing with Privilege, David Crawford argues that white, middle-class dealers are unlikely to suffer the enforcement of drug laws and that, contrary to media portrayals, suburban drug sales are not oriented primarily toward making money but at making friends and having fun"-- Provided by publisher.
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