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- Title: International Regime-Building in ASEAN: Cooperation Against the Illicit Trafficking and Abuse of Drugs (Report)
- Author : Contemporary Southeast Asia
- Release Date : January 01, 2007
- Genre: Politics & Current Events,Books,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 299 KB
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Introduction Governments and national law enforcement authorities in Southeast Asia have had to deal with the particularly difficult question of how to tackle the illicit trafficking and abuse of drugs. (1) The four primary categories of illicit drugs found in Southeast Asia are cannabis, cocaine, heroin and synthetic drugs like amphetamine-type stimulants (ATS). In the context of its 40th anniversary, this article examines how the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has sought to address this transnational challenge. In particular, it asks whether an international regime against the illicit trafficking and abuse of drugs has been established in the region under the auspices of the Association. The article argues that the existing cooperative framework for drug control does not present, despite more than three decades of cooperation, the characteristics of a working region-wide regime, but rather a loose forum for information sharing.