Yaa Baa
The abuse of methamphetamines in Southeast Asia has become a major problem over the past decade. Thailand has been particularly hard hit: methamphetamine abuse now affects all sectors of Thai society. In the early 1990s, methamphetamine manufacturers moved their laboratories across the border into B...
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Institut de recherche sur l’Asie du Sud-Est contemporaine
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| author | Chouvy, Pierre-Arnaud Meissonnier, Joël |
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| description | The abuse of methamphetamines in Southeast Asia has become a major problem over the past decade. Thailand has been particularly hard hit: methamphetamine abuse now affects all sectors of Thai society. In the early 1990s, methamphetamine manufacturers moved their laboratories across the border into Burma, and began large-scale production. The new cheaper product, yaa baa or 'madness medicine', flooded the local market and spread quickly to the surrounding countries. Yaa baa from laboratories in Burma has been found also in Europe and the United States.The authors analyse the growth of methamphetamine production in Burma in its political context, which makes the book valuable. There are many books about opium and heroin production in the Golden Triangle, but this is the first about methamphetamines. This book fills an important gap in the literature about the Golden Triangle. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1493212025-01-06T17:56:26Z Yaa Baa Chouvy, Pierre-Arnaud Meissonnier, Joël yaa baa drugs golden triangle trafficking methamphetamine youth low-income groups Burma Myanmar Cambodia Laos Thailand Vietnam thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KJ Business and Management thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government The abuse of methamphetamines in Southeast Asia has become a major problem over the past decade. Thailand has been particularly hard hit: methamphetamine abuse now affects all sectors of Thai society. In the early 1990s, methamphetamine manufacturers moved their laboratories across the border into Burma, and began large-scale production. The new cheaper product, yaa baa or 'madness medicine', flooded the local market and spread quickly to the surrounding countries. Yaa baa from laboratories in Burma has been found also in Europe and the United States.The authors analyse the growth of methamphetamine production in Burma in its political context, which makes the book valuable. There are many books about opium and heroin production in the Golden Triangle, but this is the first about methamphetamines. This book fills an important gap in the literature about the Golden Triangle. 2025-01-06T17:56:25Z 2025-01-06T17:56:25Z 2004 book ONIX_20250106_9782355960635_115 9782355960635 9789971692780 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/149321 eng NUS Press-IRASEC Studies on Southeast Asia image/jpeg n/a https://books.openedition.org/irasec/10232 Institut de recherche sur l’Asie du Sud-Est contemporaine 10.4000/12eg0 10.4000/12eg0 f2b6cbc3-75bd-4a16-b681-d37aef4c9df3 9782355960635 9789971692780 xxii-210 Bangkok open access |
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