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Drug Trafficking and Consumption in China: Two Case Studies
Author(s) -
Zhenlai et al. Deng
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
international social science journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.237
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1468-2451
pISSN - 0020-8701
DOI - 10.1111/1468-2451.00329
Subject(s) - china , documentation , consumption (sociology) , drug trafficking , phenomenon , regional science , geography , economic geography , field (mathematics) , economic growth , political science , development economics , sociology , socioeconomics , criminology , social science , economics , archaeology , physics , quantum mechanics , computer science , programming language , mathematics , pure mathematics
This article discusses the results of a study on drug trafficking and consumption in China, which has increased substantially in recent years. The research has been conducted from existing documentation at a national level and, at a local level, from field surveys in two towns: Guangzhou and Shenzhen in the Guangdong Province. It analyses the geographic, economic, and sociological aspects of the phenomenon.