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Opposing Viewpoints in Context supports virtually any curricular need. Its informed, differing views present each side of an issue and help students develop critical thinking skills and draw their own conclusions. Exclusive Viewpoint pages bring balance and perspective to every controversy using targeted arguments from recognized subject-matter experts and top journalistic sources.
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Includes scholarly content on hundreds of the most significant people, events and topics in U.S. history.
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World History In Context reaches back to the ancient world — and forward to today's headlines — to deliver a chronicle of the great cultures and societies that have formed the history of the human race. Rare primary sources, reliable reference and multi-media content put this vast topic into context for students.
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Book in the Library

Drug Trafficking by Jill Sherman
ISBN: 1604539534
Publication Date: 2010-01-01
This title examines one of the world's critical issues, drug trafficking. Readers will learn the historical background of this issue leading up to its current and future impact on society. Drug farmers, producers, smugglers, dealers, and users are discuss
Dreamland by Sam Quinones
ISBN: 9781620402528
Publication Date: 2016-04-05
From a small town in Mexico to the boardrooms of Big Pharma to main streets nationwide, an explosive and shocking account of addiction in the heartland of America. In 1929, in the blue-collar city of Portsmouth, Ohio, a company built a swimming pool the size of a football field; named Dreamland, it became the vital center of the community. Now, addiction has devastated Portsmouth, as it has hundreds of small rural towns and suburbs across America--addiction like no other the country has ever faced.

Reliable Websites

Drug Trafficking (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime) - Offers an introductory look at drug trafficking by the UNODC.

DEA (Drug Enforcement Agency) Drug Information - The DEA's take on issues related to illicit drugs and drugs trafficking.

Pew Research on Drug Trafficking - Results from Pew Research that relate to the topic of drug trafficking.

Thirty Years of America's War on Drugs - Frontline looks at the history of the war on drugs.

The War on Drugs by ACLU - The ACLU's take on the war on drugs.

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