The history, policies and practice of drug control in Asia

In this episode, our speakers will discuss the latest special issue from JIED, which addresses the history, policies and practice of drug control in Asia. Including, historical landmarks such as drug control policy developments at the national level, which shaped the international regime over the last two centuries; public health and the history of local responses; as well as criminal justice and its development.

Presenter: John Collins, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal and Director of Academic Engagement, Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime.

Speakers:

Yun Huang, a Postdoctoral Researcher at Shanghai University.

Aysel Sultan, Lecturer at the Technical University of Munich and editor-in-chief of “Drugs, Habits and Social Policy” journal.

Khalid Tinasti, a Researcher at the Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding at the Geneva Graduate Institute and Visiting Scholar at the ICPDS at Shanghai University.

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The Journal of Illicit Economies and Development (JIED). JIED is an independent academic journal run by the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime and published by LSE Press. It’s a peer-reviewed, open access, electronic journal publishing research on the relationship between illicit markets and development.