Chiva A village takes on the global heroin trade
Chellis Glendinning
- Canada New Society Publishers 2005
- xiv, 247 p.
Foreword Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Endnotes Acknowledgements Index About the Author
Chiva? is street slang for heroin. This creative nonfiction masterpiece merges the corrupt epic of global heroin trafficking with the human scale response of a New Mexican village, interweaving the terror wrought by dealers, the village?s response, and one man?s struggle with love and addiction
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Heroin--Drug addiction--Drug Trade--Chimayo, New Mexico Drug abuse --Psychological aspects