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Heroin: The Lifeblood of Tajikistan’s Economy
- April 29, 2012
- Afghanistan
- Asia
- CCCP
- Central Asia
- Drug trade
- drugs trafficking
- Dushanbe
- Emomali Rakhmon
- former Soviet Republic
- Heroin
- institutionalized corruption
- opiates
- Opium
- patronage networks
- Russia
- Silk Road
- Soviet Union
- Tajikistan
- Tajikistan's Drug Control Agency
- UN Office on Drugs and Crime
- United Nations
- USSR
Less than two decades after the collapse of the Soviet Union, former Soviet republic Tajikistan can best be classified as an economic catastrophe: Tajikistan is dependent on remittances from Tajiks living abroad and this is equivalent to roughly 45% of GDP. Further, poverty is extremely widespread, with half of the country’s population of eight million […]
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Drugs in Iran: The Hidden Demon of the Middle East’s Most Pious Regime.
When discussing Iran, little time is spent on the domestic population and its concerns. Outside of the unrest following the elections in Iran, the outside has never really shone the light on the Iranian public. Like all nations, Iran most surely must have its problems, its hopes, dreams and fears. It must also have its […]
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