An account of the illicit drug trade and sex industry which shows how post-apartheid South Africa has been drawn closely into the global market for drugs, while continuing to exhibit its own peculiarities. Included is a discussion of official policy towards vice and suggestions for effective control measures.

Rainbow Vice: The Markets for Drugs and Sex in the New South Africa

Leggett, Ted

New Africa Books (Pty) Ltd

Rainbow Vice: The Drugs and Sex Industries in the New South Africa

<i>Rainbow Vice</i> depicts the fast growing drug culture of South Africa, tightly linked to the world of commercial sex and in conflict with a profoundly Christian population. Through research based on several hundred interviews, the author show how multifarious the drug scene is across different ethnic groups. He pays special attention to South Africa's very own indigenous dagga (cannabis), and the much newer Mandrax (or 'buttons'). He explains precisely what is known of the drugs and examines the South African government's inherited policy of blanket prohibition of all vice.<br>

History

Africa

Zed Books

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Leggett, Ted. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Books by Leggett, Ted

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Leggett, Ted. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Rainbow Vice: The Markets for Drugs and Sex in the New South Africa

Rainbow Vice: The Drugs and Sex Industries in the New South Africa