Cocaine: An Unauthorized Biography
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Cocaine: An Unauthorized Biography (2001) ISBN 0-7567-8410-7 is a book about the history of cocaine, written by Dominic Streatfeild and published by Diane Publishing Company. The 2003 paperback edition (ISBN 0-312-42226-1) was published by Picador.
The book investigates cocaine from the chewing of the coca leaf to the the large scale trafficking of cocaine into the United States. An extremely thorough and often funny piece of investigation. Contains interviews with some of the most notorious cocaine smugglers and the law enforcement officers tasked with their capture.