Suppressing Illicit Opium Production
Subtitle: Successful Intervention in Asia and the Middle East
Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company, Limited
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9781784535810
Subjects: Drug control; Opium trade; Asia, social conditions; Middle east, social conditions
Description: "Conventional analysis of the illicit opium market suggests that source country interventions have at best achieved minimal results. Yet there are countries that have eliminated, or significantly reduced, the illicit production of opium from their territory. Drawing on a wide range of academic, official and non-governmental sources, including previously unidentified records, James Windle provides detailed narratives of countries that have achieved national success, including China, Iran, Turkey, the People s Republic of China, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Thailand, Pakistan, Vietnam and Laos, and identifies key factors necessary for successful intervention. Suppressing Illicit Opium Production makes a valuable contribution to our scarce knowledge of source country drug policy and draws out important lessons to be learned for improving the effectiveness of future interventions. It will be essential reference for all practitioners, policy makers and academics concerned with a subject of significant contemporary relevance."--Bloomsbury Publishing.