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It has commonly been argued that drugs have been securitized, however relatively little in-depth analysis has been carried out on this subject. This thesis addresses this gap in the literature by using a combination of Foucault’s concept of the dispositif and a sociological inte…

This dissertation examines the role of opium in the political and economic development of Afghanistan from a world historical perspective. My research reveals that the Afghan government's adoption of American anti-narcotics policy after World War II led it to enforce prohibition…

This Systematic Literature Review and Analysis covered 50 years of U.S. drug enforcement legislation levied by the nine presidents from 1969 to 2019, to include 23 pieces of legislation and 3 executive orders. The first piece of modern drug enforcement legislation, the Comprehen…