The ongoing opioid epidemic in the U.S. is just a glimpse of a complex ecosystem characterized by the interaction of multifaceted actors from various countries around the world cooperating across different stages of the global supply chain.
In Fentanyl: From the Labs to the Streets, twenty-one experts provide a comprehensive multidisciplinary analysis of the fentanyl supply chain, guiding the reader through the complex supply chain, the nature of criminal and state actors, and the linkages between different regions around the globe. Four parts divide the book, each one showcasing a relevant phase within the global fentanyl supply chain as well as the main mechanisms and processes shaping them. The chapters analyze the fentanyl trade from different levels of analysis while also maintaining synergies between chapters in their treatment of similar, interwoven issues related to the various phases of the fentanyl supply chain, the role of criminal organizations, and some law enforcement practices.
Fentanyl will be an excellent resource to students and researchers across the social sciences and particularly in political science, international relations, and criminology. It will also appeal to scholars working on drug policy, epidemiology, illegal markets, organized crime, and policing.
This book provides a multidisciplinary analysis of the fentanyl supply chain, discussing the nature of criminal and state actors and the links between regions around the globe. Fentanyl will be an excellent resource to students and researchers across the social sciences.
Introduction: General Trends Part 1: The United States and the Fentanyl
Supply Chain
1. The Brief History of Fentanyl
2. The Politics of Confronting
the Fentanyl Epidemic in the United States
3. From the Birthplace of America
to Killadelphia: Fentanyl and the changing face of illicit drug markets in
Philadelphia
4. Treating Fentanyl Addiction
5. Effective Correctional
Responses to Fentanyl: The Case for Drug Courts Part 2: Mexico and Its Role
in Illicit Fentanyl Manufacturing
6. Fentanyl in Mexico
7. The Fentanyl
Disruption: Guerrero, Organized Crime, and Opium
8. A Small Piece of the
Puzzle: Countering the Fentanyl Epidemic at the U.S.-Mexico Border
9. The
Emergence of Fentanyl in Tijuana: Implementing New Public Health
Interventions
10. Beyond the China-Mexico-United States Axis: The Problem of
Fentanyl in Latin America Part 3: The Pharmaceutical Industries, Criminal
Actors, and Regulatory Frameworks in Europe China, and India
11. Fentanyl in
Latin America: is the crisis coming?
12. Understanding the Illicit Flows of
Fentanyl from China to the U.S.
13. Regulation, Law Enforcement, and
International Cooperation on the Fentanyl Trade Between China, the United
States and Mexico
14. Fentanyl in India Part 4: Europe, Fentanyl, and
Multilateral Frameworks
15. Fentanyl and International Drug Policy: Towards a
Diplomacy to Save Lives. Conclusions
Jonathan D. Rosen is Assistant Professor in the Professional Security Studies Department at New Jersey City University. Dr. Rosen earned his Masters in political science from Columbia University and received his Ph.D. in international studies from the University of Miami in 2012. Dr. Rosens research focuses on drug trafficking, organized crime, and security. He has published more than 20 books with Routledge, Lexington Books, Palgrave Macmillan, the University of Florida, and the State University Press of New York. He has published journal articles in Trends in Organized Crime, the Journal of Criminal Justice, Deviant Behavior, International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, and Contexto Internacional, among other journals. He has participated in grant-funded research studies in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Colombia, and Mexico. In 2017, for example, Jonathan and his colleagues at Florida International University interviewed and surveyed nearly 1,200 active and former gang members in El Salvador.
Sebastiįn A. Cutrona is Senior Lecturer in Criminology at Liverpool Hope University. He earned his Ph.D. in International Studies from the University of Miami. His work has been published in Trends in Organized Crime, the International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice, and Crime, Law and Social Change, among others. His most recent book is Mano Dura Policies in Latin America, which was published by Routledge in 2023. Dr. Cutrona has taught drug trafficking, organized crime, and Latin American politics at the University of Miami (United States), Universidad de San Andrés (Argentina), and Universidad Nacional de La Rioja (Argentina). His research interests mainly focus on organized crime, policing, drug policy, and Latin American politics.
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