| Drugs in South Asia: From the Opium Trade to the Present Day 2000 Edition Contributor(s): Na, Na (Author) |
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ISBN: 031222379X ISBN-13: 9780312223793 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 2000 Annotation: The inside story of the pro-revenue drug policies pursued both by the British colonial authorities and post-independent governments in South Asia, where the drug problem is mounting, is told in this book. Explaining why the governments in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh barely changed the remains of the British drug laws until the mid-1980s, the author examines the resurgence of Indian traffickers in international drug trafficking in recent years. An extensive overview of how the US ignored the deflection of drug money to support the war in Afghanistan is provided. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - General - History | Asia - General - Political Science | World - Asian |
| Dewey: 363.450 |
| LCCN: 99059428 |
| Lexile Measure: 1700 |
| Physical Information: 0.88" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.26 lbs) 319 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The drug problem in South Asia is mounting. This work provides a hard-hitting view of the pro-revenue drug policies pursued by the British colonial authorities in South Asia. Dr. Haque tells the story of the US-led inaugural for controlling colonial opium trade during the early twentieth century. Drugs in South Asia explains why the ensuing governments in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh barely changed the remains of the British drug laws until the mid-1980s and examines the Indian resurgence in recent years in international drug trafficking. It offers a comprehensive overview of the Afghan crisis and the equivocation of the US, the biggest crusader against drug trade, that ignored the deflection of drug money to support the war in Afghanistan. The US-Pakistan Cold War compatibility has created a relentless environment on drugs from which no country in the region is immune. The dangers of drug trade in South Asia have now become global. |