The emergence of an international drug control consensus
- Author: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
- Main Title: A Century of International Drug Control , pp 29-32
- Publication Date: December 2010
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.18356/16b8c498-en
- Language: English
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 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):
9789210558068
Book DOI:
https://doi.org/10.18356/68cb46d1-en
Related Subject(s):
Drugs Crime and Terrorism
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