M Emdadul Haq

The writer is Professor of Political Science at North South University. He is also the author of Drugs in South Asia: from the opium trade to the present day (Palgrave Macmillan, UK & St. Martin's Press, USA).

The long anti-drug battle in the Philippines

The Philippines legislature, in March 2017, reinforced the death penalty for drug offenders, despite resistance from the countries and communities in the Western hemisphere.

7y ago

Fight against drugs — a losing battle so far

Ironically, without even being a mentionable producer of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances, Bangladesh has emerged as a victim of the proliferation of drug abuse sponsored by underworld criminals and syndicates for the last three and a half decades.

7y ago
August 29, 2017
August 29, 2017

The long anti-drug battle in the Philippines

The Philippines legislature, in March 2017, reinforced the death penalty for drug offenders, despite resistance from the countries and communities in the Western hemisphere.

June 29, 2017
June 29, 2017

Fight against drugs — a losing battle so far

Ironically, without even being a mentionable producer of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances, Bangladesh has emerged as a victim of the proliferation of drug abuse sponsored by underworld criminals and syndicates for the last three and a half decades.