Chapter 2 Flashcards
It is the Asia’s principal area of illicit opium production
The Golden Crescent
The three nations whose mountainous perpheries define the golden crescent
Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan
It is considered a global hub for heroin and related opiate production and trafficking
The Golden Crescent
Three routes that operate from region of Golden Crescent
The Balkan Route
The Northern Route
Southern Route
This route that operates through Iran and Turkey and traffics the bulk of Afghan heroin to Europe
The Balkan Route
This route suppliee heroin to Russian Federation and Central Asia
The Northern Route
This route traffics heroin to Iran and Pakistan via sea and air and other parts of the world
Southern Route
It is a Muslim Order issued by Taliban Leader for banning poppy cultivation
Fatwa
Who is the current tribal leader for banning poppy cultivation for Muslim in Afghanistan?
Mullah Omar
The year of enactment of muslim order issued by tribal leader in Afghanistan
July 28, 2000
The patterns that describes or resulted in mass production for heroin users in Afghanistan in study year 2010
War Pattern
Refugees Pattern
Social and Economic Crisis Pattern
The pattern which entails long term drug use for over 30 years by ex-Afghanistan soldiers
War Pattern
This pattern includes people who began to use drugs while they were refugees in Pakistan and Iran
Refugees Pattern
This pattern includes people who began to use drugs as a means of escape from their harsh realities
Social and Economic Crisis Pattern
The production of Opiate in Pakistan resulted in what war that led to flourishing of poppy fields at the durand line that seperates Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Anti-Soviet Afghan War
Which act that came about by the year 2000 was declared a poppy free country meaning it had less than 1000 hectares under cultivation
The Control of the Narcotic Substances Act
It has one of the highest opiate dependency rates in the world
Iran
What country which located in Central Asia that provides opium at much cheaper rates to the world market
Afghanistan
What is the common illicit drugs used in Iran?
Opium
This area is centered on the meeting point of the boarders separate Laos, Burma and Thailand
The Golden Triangle
It is considered as the world’s largest producet of opium and heroin
The Golden Triangle
A single country which produce highest opium and heroin
Myanmar or Burma
The mountainous regions which play major role in the global opium economy
Thailand
Burma or Myanmar
Laos