For nearly a decade, Ecstasy kingpin Oded Tuito was the mastermind behind a drug ring that used strippers and Hassidic teenagers to mule millions of pills from Holland to the party triangle&#8212;Los Angeles, New York, and Miami.<br><br><i>Chemical Cowboys </i>is a thrilling journey through the groundbreaking undercover investigations that led to the toppling of a billion-dollar Ecstasy trafficking network&#8212; starting in 1995 when NewYork DEA Agent Robert Gagne infiltrated club land to uncover a thriving drug scene supported by two cultures: pill-popping club kids and Israeli dealers.<br><br>Gagne&#8217;s obsessive mission to take down Tuito&#8217;s network met unexpected challenges and personal discoveries that almost crippled his own family.Weaved into the narrative are the stories of Tuito&#8217;s underlings who struggled with addiction as they ran from the law, and the compelling experiences of a veteran Israeli police officer who aided Gagne while chasing after his own target&#8212;a violent Mob boss who saw the riches to be made in Ecstasy and began to import his own pills and turf warfare to the U.S.<br><br><i>Chemical Cowboys </i>offers a taut, behind-the-scenes glimpse into an international criminal enterprise as daring as it is deadly.<br><br><br><i>From the Hardcover edition.</i>