Posted on May 2, 2015. Tags: ASEAN, Asia, Drugs, Thailand, United Nations
ASEAN foreign ministers signed the Joint Declaration for a Drug-Free ASEAN on the 25th of July 1998, committing association members to eradicate illicit drug production, trafficking and abuse by 2015. The strategy, founded on the specious belief that taking a sufficiently ‘tough’ stance on the drug trade would result in its demise, has been shown to be as […]
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Posted in Asia, Drugs, UN, World
Posted on February 22, 2015. Tags: Africa, Corruption, Crime, Djibouti, Drugs, East Africa, environment, Ethiopia, Food Security, Kenya, Middle East, Somalia, UK, Unemployment, United Kingdom, Yemen
A stimulant native to the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, Khat is a narcotic leaf that induces mild euphoria upon chewing – an extremely popular custom in Somalia, Yemen, Kenya, Djibouti and Ethiopia. Lucrative business More than 25,000kg of khat is sold each day in Ethiopia’s Adaway Market and is a vital source of […]
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Posted in Africa, Drugs, Economic Security, Food Security, Security Issues, World, Yemen