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In 'Opium', Chouvy reveals the fascinating history of this powerful and addictive drug and its long association wit civilisation down the centuries. He explores the changing fortunes of the modern day trade in illicit opium, especially in the remote and inaccesible regions of Asia known as the Golder Triangle and Golden Crescent, the major opium-producing areas of the world today. He reveals how, when and why illicit opium production emerged, what sustains it, and why a century of global measures has failed to eradicate it. The result is a compelling account of our continuing fascination with a narcotic as old as humanity itself and a powerful insight into the complexities and difficulties of the politics and economics of the poppy in Asia and the world today. «
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