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Many books have focused on the public policy aspects of federal drug law enforcement, but no book to date has plumbed as deeply into the secret policies, or taken as comprehensive a view of them, as this one.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53364090011921,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53364090077457,"sku":"GOR014879894","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780979988653.jpg?v=1775041519"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/de-ch\/collections\/autor-buecher-von-douglas-valentine.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}