CHAPT 2; PART 1 GOLDEN

Question 1

• It is the name given to Asia’s principal area of illicit opium production, located at the crossroads of Central, South, and Western Asia.

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THE GOLDEN CRESCENT

Question 2

THE GOLDEN CRESCENT ; * This space overlaps three nations, __ whose mountainous peripheries define the crescent.

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Afghanistan, Iran, and Pakistan

Question 3

• This region is considered a global hub for heroin and related opiate production and trafficking.

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THE GOLDEN CRESCENT

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operates through Iran and Turkey and traffics the bulk of Afghan heroin to Europe.

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Balkan route

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supplies heroin to the Russian Federation and Central Asia.

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Northern route

Question 5

o Balkan is a Turkish word which means .

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mountain

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traffics heroin to Iran and Pakistan, and from these countries, via sea and air, to other parts of the world.

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Southern route

Question 7

• Opium production rose steadily throughout the 1980s and 1990s until 2000 when opium production fell precipitously on account of a

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fatwa

Question 8

o July 28, 2000 -

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enactment of fatwa

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fatwa issued by Taliban leader ___ that banned poppy cultivation.

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Mullah Omar

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entails long-term drug use (>30 years) by ex-Afghan soldiers.

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• The war pattern

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includes people who began to use drugs as a means of escape from their harsh realities

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• The social and economic crisis pattern

Question 8

• In 1997, the __ came about, and by the year 2000, Pakistan was declared a poppy-free country, meaning it had less than 1000 hectares under cultivation.

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Control of the Narcotic Substances Act

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includes people who began to use drugs while they were refugees in Pakistan and Iran.

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• The refugees’ pattern

Question 9

• In a national population size estimation study of illicit drug users, it was found that __ was the most common illicit drug used.

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opium

Question 10

• It is an area covering 367,000 square miles in Southeast Asia where a significant portion of the world’s opium has been produced since the beginning of the twentieth century.

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THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE

Question 11

THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE; * This area is centered on the meeting point of the borders that separate

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Laos, Myanmar, and Thailand.

Question 12

mountainous terrain and distance from major urban centers make it an ideal location for illicit poppy cultivation and transnational opium smuggling.

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GOLDEN TRIANGLE

Question 12

• Until the end of the 20th century, the Golden Triangle was the world’s largest producer of opium and heroin, with __ being the single highest-producing country.

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Myanmar

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• By the 1980s, Khun Sa had amassed an army of over 20,000 soldiers, which he dubbed the

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Mok Tai Army

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o He is a retired soldier na naging drug lord.

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o Khun Sa –

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Prince of Death

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o Khun Sa –

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was described by historian Alfred McCoy as “the only Shan warlord who ran a truly professional smuggling organization capable of transporting large quantities of opium.”

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KHUN SA

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“King of the Golden Triangle.”

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KHUN SA

Question 12

* It is the place where the known drug cartels came from such as Medellin and Cali cartel.

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 Columbia

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* is the single largest producer and exporter of cocaine in the world. And after decades of foreign- funded eradication efforts in the country, the industry is thriving.

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Peru

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 Columbia; * And its capital, __, was branded before as "Second Government" because it houses international drug cartels.

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Bogota

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* ___ is now literally at the heart of South America's illegal narcotics trade. * Add to this the fact that it also produces its own cocaine.

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Bolivia

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CHINA; which were called "new emerging synthetic drugs" have spread quiddy during the past decade.

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drugs such as methamphetamine (ice"), MDMA (ecstasy") and ketamine

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* is still one of the major abused substances in China.

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Heroin

Question 14

* It continues to be a major transshipment point to all parts of the world for the form of heroin known as "No. 4".

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 Hong Kong

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highest recorded month

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June 2015

Question 15

o It also become the cradle of most of cartel in the world.

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 Mexico

Question 15

* It is not only a major transshipment point of Cannabis Sativa or Marijuana to the United States and to other European countries; it has also become over the last few years the no. 1 producer of Cannabis in the World.

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 Mexico

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form, a white powder, is a type most preferred in U.S and Europe.

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* The No. 4

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has increased with both locally produced amphetamines and methamphetamines from China spurring and increases in local abuse.

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Taiwan

Question 17

are more frequently were coming to notice as heroine trafficker, particularly from Yunnan province of China.

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TAIWAN; TAIWANESE

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o White powder nilalagay sa cigarette (smore type of drug)

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* The No. 4

Question 17

* The shipment, mostly from Columbia and Ecuador, was the biggest drug seizure ever made in Western Europe.

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SPAIN

Question 18

* Most of the cocaine smuggled into ___ is for transit to other European countries, such as French, Britain, Germany and the Nether lands.

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Spain

Question 19

* At a World Health Organization Meeting in Geneva, __ was referred to as the "Paradise of drug Users in Europe" for its enactment of a law that "decriminalized" the possession of small quantities of illegal drugs.

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Spain