| Hans-Günter Meyer-Thompson | War on Drugs
Südost-Asien/Indonesien. Can Indonesia and Southeast Asia afford to lose another decade to war on drugs?
Südost-Asien/Indonesien. Can Indonesia and Southeast Asia afford to lose another decade to war on drugs?
Southeast Asia is characterised by some of the harshest and most repressive approaches to drugs in the world. Have these draconian measures resulted in the desired effect of a reduced drug market? Can ASEAN claim that progress is being made towards the goal of a ‘drug-free’ region? (Ann Fordham, Executive Director, IDCP - International Drug Policy Consortium, Jakarta Post, 23.10.2018)