The emergence of an international drug control consensus
- Author: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
- Main Title: Bulletin on Narcotics, Volume LIX, Nos. 1 and 2, 2007 , pp 27-33
- Publication Date: January 2013
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.18356/d4bbb1ff-en
- Language: English French, Spanish
The century-long opium trade was devastating for China, from both a health and a social point of view. Opium merchants, shippers, bankers, insurance agencies and governments profited greatly, but the social and economic costs of having a growing number of drug addicts in China and across East and South-East Asia became untenable relatively quickly.
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ISBN (PDF):
9789210547543
Book DOI:
https://doi.org/10.18356/a7fd22eb-en
Related Subject(s):
Drugs Crime and Terrorism
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