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Cocaine: An Unauthorized Biography
''Cocaine: An Unauthorized Biography'' (ISBN 0312286244) is a 2002 non-fiction 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 large scale trafficking of cocaine into the United States.〔Richard Rudgley, "The World of Caffeine by Bennett Weinberg and Bonnie Bealer and other books", ''New Scientist'', 30 June 2001. ()〕〔(Cocaine: An Unauthorised Biography ) Drugnety Europe 34 EMCDDA〕
Streatfeild goes into lucid detail about the history that the coca leaf had with the Native Americans and their Spanish overlords.〔Christian Parenti, "Dominic Streatfeild, Cocaine: An Unauthorized Biography (St. Martin’s Press, 2002).", ''White Line Highway'', ()〕 He also investigates the life and impact of the world's most famous cocaine addict, Sigmund Freud. Written with sobering statistics and personal humor, Streatfeild travels to a number of locations, including to New York, indigenous areas of South America, and ultimately to Colombia to meet with the Ochoa family. Prior to his trip to Colombia, is unable to obtain life-insurance, and proceeds without it.〔Dominic Streatfeild, "Cocaine: An Unauthorised Biography". http://www.dominicstreatfeild.com/books/cocaine-an-unauthorised-biography/〕〔Vince Kueter, "Adventurous look at world of 'Cocaine'", ''Seattle Times'', 21 July 2002. http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=20020721〕
Within the book, the author interviews some of the most notorious figures directly involved in the distribution of Cocaine including George Jung,〔Dominic Streatfeild, "Source Material: Interview with George Jung", 21 June 2000, Federal Correctional Institute, Otisville. ()〕 whose life story was depicted in the 2001 film ''Blow'' and "Freeway" Ricky Ross,〔Dominic Streatfeild, "Source Material: Interview with Ricky Ross", 30 June 2000, Metropolitan Correctional Center in San Diego, California. ()〕 the man attributed with the explosion of Cocaine use in California in the 1980s.
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