Drugs In Afghanistan

Exposes the devastation that the heroin trade and drug addiction is causing within Afghanistan.

Autorentext

David Macdonald is a sociologist who has specialised in drug control for over 20 years. Since 1999 he worked as the demand reduction advisor for the UN drugs control programme in Afghanistan with UNODC and also with the Ministry of Counter Narcotics in Kabul.

Klappentext

Exposes the devastation that the heroin trade and drug addiction is causing within Afghanistan.

Zusammenfassung
Exposes the devastation that the heroin trade and drug addiction is causing within Afghanistan.

Inhalt
List of abbreviations; Glossary of terms; Acknowledgements; Prologue; 1. Introduction; 2. Scorpion tales; 3. A nation in anguish; 4. Opium cultivators; 5. Heroin producers and traffickers; 6. Outlaws and warlords; 7. Drug use in Afghanistan's history; 8. Neighbours and refugees; 9. A tale of two opiums; 10. Hashish and hakims; 11. Pharmaceuticals and chemical cocktails; 12. Masters of the universe: other drugs and future dimensions; 13. Scorpion tails; Postscript; Notes; Index.