DEMOLER S1E2: The Rise of Marijuana Trafficking Part I

In this episode, we do a deep dive into how marijuana grew in Mexico, the subsequent rejection of it, and how a counterculture used it as the plant of its movement. We also do a deep dive into the start of counternarcotics campaigns. Sources for this episode are: • El Siglo de Drogas by Luis Astorga • Drug Trafficking in Mexico: A First General Assessment - by Luis Astorga • Home Grown: Marijuana and the Origins of Mexico's War on Drugs By Isaac Campos • El Cartel de Sinaloa by Diego Enrique Osorno • El Narco by Ioan Grillo • The Dope by Benjamin T. Smith • The 1972 Consumers Union Report on Licit and Illicit Drugs By Edward M. Brecher and the Editors of Consumer Reports Magazine • Operation Intercept: The Perils of Unilateralism by Kate Doyle This episode was written by DEMOLER; Post Production by Sharp Spoon Media You can find early released episodes, bonus content, episode photos, maps and infographics and more on our Patreon:   / demoler