Readership: Students, teachers and researchers interested in the history of the illicit drug trade in Southeast Asia. Annex 4: A "Remarkable" Source for Drug Purchases.Annex 2: Anti-narcotics Plans and Strategies in Southeast Asia.Annex 1: The Main Drugs Used in Southeast Asia.The Trillion-Dollar Question: War against Drugs or Control through Legalisation?.The Political Economy of the Narcotics Industry.
Southeast Asia's Drug Situation 2018–2021 and the International Cooperation.ASEAN's Common Attempts at Drug Eradication.The Colonial Heritage of the Philippines under Spain and the United States.From the Dutch East Indies to the Republic of Indonesia.The British Colonies in Southeast Asia: Burma, Malaya, and the Straits Settlements.Poppy Cultivation in the Golden Triangle After WWII.The Expanding Opium Market in the 19th and Early 20th Century Southeast Asia.China and Southeast Asia After the Opium Wars.The US Participation in the Far East Opium Trade.Southeast Asia between Cohesion and Diversity.Opium, Its Derivatives, and New Drugs: A Timeline of Developments.Points History: Interview with Wolfgang Sachsenröder.Shortcomings and lasting damages can be traced in the political structures, in the rampant corruption, and the secretive links between customs, armies, police organisations, and organised crime. This book analyses the detrimental impact of the drug industry on the political economy and the social developments in Southeast Asia. Drug prevention programs and the harsh penalties in all ASEAN states have not reduced the drug trade and the consumption. Today, synthetic drugs, especially methamphetamines, are produced in hidden laboratories in remote areas of the region and smuggled across the porous borders. In the 20th century, heroin ruined countless lives in Southeast Asia and in the West. During the colonial heydays, Britain in Malaya and Burma, France in Indochina, and the Netherlands in today's Indonesia, financed big parts of their colonial budgets with opium. From the early 1800s, the East India Company dumped Indian opium on China and ruined the economy of both countries. This story describes quite well the challenging task for the political and police efforts to fight the narcotics industry which has a long history in Asia. Hercules eventually killed the monster with the help of his nephew who cauterised the fresh wounds before new heads could emerge. The international syndicates with their billion-dollar profits are similar to the Hydra of the old Greek mythology which grew two new heads if one was cut off. Southeast Asia is one of the biggest marketplaces for illicit drugs.
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