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Drugs in South Asia

From the Opium Trade to the Present Day

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  • © 2000

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Authors:
  1. M. Emdad-ul Haq

    1. Department of Political Science, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Prelude

    • M. Emdad-ul Haq
    Pages 1-10

  3. The Colonial Drug Trade

    • M. Emdad-ul Haq
    Pages 11-35

  4. Anti-opium Pressures

    • M. Emdad-ul Haq
    Pages 36-68

  5. British Narco-diplomacy, 1909–46

    • M. Emdad-ul Haq
    Pages 69-105

  6. Indian Resurgence, 1947–97

    • M. Emdad-ul Haq
    Pages 106-162

  7. Pakistani Dilemmas, 1947–97

    • M. Emdad-ul Haq
    Pages 163-225

  8. The Bangladeshi Panorama, 1972–97

    • M. Emdad-ul Haq
    Pages 226-256

  9. Epilogue

    • M. Emdad-ul Haq
    Pages 257-264

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 265-319
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The drug problem in South Asia is mounting. This work provides an inside story of the pro-revenue drug policies pursued both by the British colonial authorities and post-independent governments in South Asia. The dangers of the drug trade in South Asia have now become global, the author assesses international efforts against drug trafficking.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Political Science, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh

    M. Emdad-ul Haq

About the author

M. EMDAD UL HAQ is a political scientist with research interests in the politics of narcotics in South Asia and the Asia-Pacific region, and comparative politics. He is Associate Professor at the University of Chittagong, Bangladesh and is the author of Drug Addiction: National and World Perspective and Comparative Political Analysis.

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