International handbook on drug control

Author(s)

• MacDonald, Scott B.
• Zagaris, Bruce

Bibliographic Information

International handbook on drug control

edited by Scott B. MacDonald and Bruce Zagaris

Greenwood Press, 1992

• : alk. paper

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This international handbook is the first to analyze the status of drug control efforts around the world in so comprehensive a manner with up-to-date information. A series of experts provide a systematic overview of this major world problem in the 1980s and the 1990s, point to 10 major trends in current developments and to 3 probable shocks in the immediate future, and assess targets and networks for combatting the drug trade in the next decade. This handbook is a convenient reference for academicians, professionals, policymakers, and all who are concerned with this scourge on modern-day society. This valuable survey of the major consumers and suppliers of drugs and of national and international responses and enforcement measures opens with an introduction that gives an overview of efforts to control the international drug problem. Money laundering and asset forfeiture problems and policies are described in some detail. Country and regional studies follow with analyses about the history and structure of the industry/trade, governmental and societal responses, international controls and networks. The work of the United Nations and regional organizations is summarized as well. Appendixes offer comparative data about drug consumption, production, and trade and about international legislature's legal efforts to control the drug trade. Bibliographies at the ends of chapters and an essay at the end of the book offer suggestions for further research. A full index makes the reference an accessible one for researchers with different needs and perspectives.

Table of Contents

Preface Introduction and Problems of International Control Introduction: Controlling the International Drug Problem by Scott B. MacDonald and Bruce Zagaris Money Laundering: An International Control Problem by Bruce Zagaris The Emerging Regime of Asset Forfeiture by Elizabeth Kingma Country and Regional Studies: The Americas The United States by Raphael Francis Perl Canada by David L. Crum Bolivia by Eduardo Gamarra Brazil by Luiza de Matos Caribbean Offshore Financial Centers: The Bahamas, the British Dependencies, and the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba by Scott B. MacDonald and Bruce Zagaris Colombia by Scott B. MacDonald Mexico by Bruce Zagaris and Scott B. MacDonald Panama by Laura VÁsquez and Barbara Jahansoozi Peru by Laura VÁsquez The Southern Cone by Scott B. MacDonald Country and Regional Studies: Europe Western Europe and the European Community by Bruce Zagaris The Netherlands by Govert Frank Van de Wijngaart and Sarah Barber Sweden by Sarah Barber The United Kingdom by Loren Cain Union of Soviet Socialist Republics by Rensselaer W. Lee III Country and Regional Studies: Asia and the Middle East Afghanistan by Scott B. MacDonald The Islamic Republic of Iran by Scott B. MacDonald and Barbara Jahansoozi Pakistan by Sue Hardesty Turkey and India by Carolyn West The Golden Triangle: Burma, Laos and Thailand by Debra Liang Singapore by Scott B. MacDonald International Organizations and Drug Control Policy The Organization of American States by Michael Dziedzic United Nations' Activities in International Drug Control by Robin Rolley Appendix: Tables Bibliographic Essay Index Appendixes Bibliographical Essay Index

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Details

• NCID: BA20582332
• ISBN:
  • 0313273758
• LCCN: 91035118
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Westport, Conn.
• Pages/Volumes: vii, 454 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HV5801
  • DC20 : 363.4/5
  • DC20 : 363.45
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Narcotics, Control of
  • LCSH : Drug traffic
  • LCSH : Narcotics, Control of -- International cooperation
  • FREE : Drug abuse