Decolonising drugs in Asia: the case of cocaine in colonial India

James Mills

doi:10.1080/01436597.2017.1357116

Decolonising drugs in Asia: the case of cocaine in colonial India

James Mills

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This article examines a drugs trade in Asia that has been largely forgotten by historians and policy-makers: cocaine. It will briefly trace some of the contours of this commerce and the efforts to control it. It will also assess how successful these efforts were. The article is designed to contribute fresh perspectives on recent controversies in the historiography of drugs in Asia to argue that the agendas and agency of consumers are central to understanding why markets have formed there for psychoactive substances in the modern period.

Original language	English
Number of pages	14
Journal	Third World Quarterly
Early online date	30 Aug 2017
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2017.1357116
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 30 Aug 2017
Event	International Health Organizations (IHOs): The history for the future network - Shanghai University, Shanghai, China Duration: 21 Apr 2016 → 22 Apr 2016 https://www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/schoolofhumanities/history/internationalhealthorganizations/2016shanghaiconference/

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cocaine
Asia
historiography of drugs
colonial India

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The Asian Cocaine Crisis: Pharmaceuticals consumers and control in South & East Asia, c 1900-1945

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