7/7 Southeast Asia & drugs - Conclusion
Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand and Myanmar, although representing very different contexts, histories and environments in terms of drug...
6/7 Southeast Asia & drugs - Vietnam
Organized crime in Vietnam remains limited and as in other countries of the region, the illicit drug market is mostly non-violent....
5/7 Southeast Asia & drugs - Malaysia
Malaysia is a perfect example of the ambiguity that defines Southeast Asian nations in regard to illicit drug policy. While in the...
4/7 Southeast Asia & drugs - Thailand
In Thailand, the illicit drug trade is essentially non-violent, as it is the case in most of the region (with the notable exception of...
3/7 Southeast Asia & drugs - Myanmar
According to the 2015 UNODC World Drug Report (WDR), Myanmar has produced over 57 800 hectares of opium poppy in 2013 (UNODC, 2015). More...
2/7 Southeast Asia & drugs - The ASEAN 'drug-free' goal
In July 1998, a month after the UNGASS 1998 on the “world drug problem” and the signature of the Political Declaration on Drugs (1) (UN...
1/7 Southeast Asia & drugs - Introduction
The home continent of U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon still “bore some of the harshest and most repressive drug policies,”...
The Lao PDR - The Compulsory Drug Detention Centres (CDDCs) - 4/4 What is being done to change cour
On October 2012, a workshop on drug policy sponsored by UNODC, the U.N. Economic Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, and UNAIDS,...
The Lao PDR - The Compulsory Drug Detention Centres (CDDCs) - 3/4 UNODC involvement
Involvement of foreign donors and UNODC There is a commonly made misinterpretation of the U.N. system which often leads public perception...
The Lao PDR - The Compulsory Drug Detention Centres (CDDCs) - 2/4 "In the name of treatment&qu
How do the centers work ? Technically the centers in Lao PDR provinces are the property of the governors and of their administration,...