Introduction
p. ix-xiv
Extrait
Just say no is not an option. Just say “know” is.
— Antonio Escohotado, A Brief History of Drugs, 1999
1The 1990s saw an explosive increase in consumption levels of illicit synthetic drugs in Southeast Asia. This increase largely consisted of drugs classified as amphetamine-type stimulants, or ATS, a category that includes methamphetamine. Since then, synthetic products such as methamphetamine and ecstasy have flooded illegal drug markets across East and Southeast Asia. The present study focuses on methamphetamine — the most important of these synthetic drugs in terms of quantities produced and consumed — to account for the rise and functioning of an integrated system of illicit drug production, distribution, and consumption in mainland Southeast Asia.
2Southeast Asian methamphetamine comes mainly from Burma. It has also been produced in Thailand, the latter of which accounts for most of the drug’s regional consumer market. In Thailand methamphetamine is known as yaa baa, or “madness drug”; its original name yaa maa (“horse medicine”) being the name of a local pharmaceutical compan
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