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Author:

Paoli, Letizia.

Title:

The world heroin market : can supply be cut? / Letizia Paoli, Victoria A. Greenfield, Peter Reuter.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

xiii, 374 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Heroin abuse.
Drug abuse.
Drug traffic.
Drug control.

Other Authors:

Greenfield, Victoria A., 1964-
Reuter, Peter, 1944-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-358) and index.

Contents:

The past as prologue: the development of the world opiate market and the rise of the international control regime -- The contemporary market -- Did the Taliban's ban really matter? -- Keeping track of opiate flows -- Afghanistan and Burma: the two dominant producers -- India: diversion from licit cultivation -- Colombia: the emergence of a new producer -- Tajikistan: the rise of a narco-state -- The theoretical and practical consequences of variations in effective illegality -- Synthesis of findings and lessons for policy making -- Legal production of opium -- Average consumption and purity -- Central Asia: trafficking revenues and economic dependency -- Examples of countries with lax enforcement.

Series:

Studies in crime and public policy

ISBN:

0195322991 (acid-free paper)
9780195322996 (acid-free paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)216938515

LCCN:

2008031121

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)