American underground.(Reefer Madness: Sex, Drugs, and Cheap Labor in the American Black Market)(Book Review)

The Progressive | June 1, 2003| | Copyright

Reefer Madness: Sex, Drugs, and Cheap Labor in the American Black Market by Eric Schlosser Houghton Mifflin. 310 pages. $23.00

Eric Schlosser made our stomachs churn with his behind-the-counter account of McDonald's and other chain restaurants in Fast Food Nation. In his new book, Reefer Madness, he examines the U.S. underground economy.

Schlosser, a correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly, is a talented and intrepid reporter, and one of his greatest strengths is his ability to tell the personal stories behind the faceless underground economy. But Reefer ...

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