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"""An in-depth reassessment of the war on drugs, with lessons for students of American religion, crime, and White supremacy.""--Kirkus Reviews ""Kirkus Reviews"""

The American crusade against intoxicants began earlier than you might think. An in-depth reassessment of the war on drugs, with lessons for students of American religion, crime, and white supremacy. * Kirkus Reviews * Quite thorough in its scope and features theological, legal, racist, and cultural trends as they related to the war on drugs. . . . Solid historically, important culturally and politically, and eye opening religiously. -- Gary Laderman, Goodrich C. White Professor of American Religious History and Cultures, Emory College A superb analysis of one of America’s most enduring social problems. Monteith’s historical research, coupled with his astute engagement with theories of religion, make this a groundbreaking contribution to many fields. -- Cara Burnidge, author of A Peaceful Conquest: Woodrow Wilson, Religion, and the New World Order

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Andrew Monteith is Assistant Professor and the Distinguished Emerging Scholar of Religious Studies at Elon University in North Carolina.

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