Yaa Baa : Production, Traffic and Consumption of Methamphetamines in Mainland Southeast Asia,9789971692780

Yaa Baa : Production, Traffic and Consumption of Methamphetamines in Mainland Southeast Asia

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ISBN13: 9789971692780
ISBN10: 9971692783
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2004-12-01
Publisher(s): Univ of Hawaii Pr
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Summary

"The abuse of methamphetamine in Southeast Asia has become a major problem over the past decade. Thailand has been particularly hard hit: methamphetamine now impacts all sectors of Thai society. In the early 1990s, methamphetamine manufactures moved their laboratories across the border to Burma, and large-scale production began. 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 the United States and Europe."--BOOK JACKET.

Author Biography

Pierre-Arnaud Chouvy is a geographer and research fellow at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), France.

Table of Contents

Maps vii
Charts vii
Preface by Stephane Dovert ix
Introduction xvii
PART ONE Yaa Baa, An Illicit Drug from the Golden Triangle: A Geo-Historical and Geopolitical Study of Its Production and Traffic
by Pierre-Arnaud Chouvy
1. Methamphetamine
3(4)
2. History of a Product and Its Production Techniques
7(5)
3. The Historical and Geographic Context of the Golden Triangle
12(11)
4. Methamphetamine Production and Traffic in Mainland Southeast Asia
23(30)
PART TWO The Circuits of Yaa Baa: Methamphetamine Circulation and Use in Thailand
by Joël Meissonnier
5. From the Producer to the Consumer
53(12)
6. Methamphetamine Use Among Workers and Low-income Groups
65(16)
7. Yaa Baa's Prime Target - The Youth
81(26)
PART THREE Sociological Context of the Explosion in Methamphetamine Use in Thailand
by Joël Meissonnier
8. A Difficult Legacy for the Younger Generations
107(13)
9. Youth, Drugs, and Thailand's Institutional Culture
120(23)
10. Types of Methamphetamine Users: An Attempt to Define Models
143(17)
Conclusion 160(6)
Notes 166(27)
Glossary 193(2)
Bibliography 195(9)
Index 204

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