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A review by harvio
Reefer Madness: Sex, Drugs, and Cheap Labor in the American Black Market by Eric Schlosser
3.0
- I think that this book falls far short of his 'Fast Food Nation', where he displayed hard-hitting, in-depth investigative journalism, in a brilliant analysis of the fast food industry's impact on society. In 'Reefer Madness' Schlosser examines three social-issues-as-black-market-economies (the marijuana trade, the pornography industry, and the exploitation of illegal immigrant laborers), and exposes the social hypocrisy regarding these topics.
- eg. "Sometimes dope dealers get longer sentences than murderers. Some states have made mandatory jail time for possession of even one joint, but no mandatory jail tme for conviction of spousal abuse (or child molestation!).
- None of these three topics is covered in the depth I would have like to have seen, and Schlosser doesn't really tie the three, diverse, subjects together very well. His most powerful argument is, not so much for legalization of marijuana, as advocating a more uniform approach (nationally).
- eg. "Sometimes dope dealers get longer sentences than murderers. Some states have made mandatory jail time for possession of even one joint, but no mandatory jail tme for conviction of spousal abuse (or child molestation!).
- None of these three topics is covered in the depth I would have like to have seen, and Schlosser doesn't really tie the three, diverse, subjects together very well. His most powerful argument is, not so much for legalization of marijuana, as advocating a more uniform approach (nationally).