Drugs misuse in Malaysia: past and present

This paper gives a historical insight, how drugs first came to be commercially introduced into South East Asia including Malaysia, and the early measures taken to control and regulate their use. It also explains the origin of their use in Malaysia to a stage when it became cancerous to the country r...

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Main Author:	Kamarudin, Abdul Rani
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	2007
Subjects:	K Law (General) KPG Malaysia
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/8117/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/8117/1/2007_-_Drugs_misuse_in_Malaysia-_past_and_present.pdf

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spelling	iium-81172011-12-13T14:40:57Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/8117/ Drugs misuse in Malaysia: past and present Kamarudin, Abdul Rani K Law (General) KPG Malaysia This paper gives a historical insight, how drugs first came to be commercially introduced into South East Asia including Malaysia, and the early measures taken to control and regulate their use. It also explains the origin of their use in Malaysia to a stage when it became cancerous to the country requiring the government to take drastic measures to combat them. Accordingly, this paper primarily discusses the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 which is foremost statute on dangerous drugs laws of Malaysia, and the Malaysian government's stance or policy over the misuse of narcotic drugs. 2007 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/8117/1/2007_-_Drugs_misuse_in_Malaysia-_past_and_present.pdf Kamarudin, Abdul Rani (2007) Drugs misuse in Malaysia: past and present. In: The 4th ASLI Conference, 24-25 May 2007, Depok, Indonesia.
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spellingShingle	K Law (General) KPG Malaysia Kamarudin, Abdul Rani Drugs misuse in Malaysia: past and present
description	This paper gives a historical insight, how drugs first came to be commercially introduced into South East Asia including Malaysia, and the early measures taken to control and regulate their use. It also explains the origin of their use in Malaysia to a stage when it became cancerous to the country requiring the government to take drastic measures to combat them. Accordingly, this paper primarily discusses the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 which is foremost statute on dangerous drugs laws of Malaysia, and the Malaysian government's stance or policy over the misuse of narcotic drugs.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Kamarudin, Abdul Rani
author_facet	Kamarudin, Abdul Rani
author_sort	Kamarudin, Abdul Rani
title	Drugs misuse in Malaysia: past and present
title_short	Drugs misuse in Malaysia: past and present
title_full	Drugs misuse in Malaysia: past and present
title_fullStr	Drugs misuse in Malaysia: past and present
title_full_unstemmed	Drugs misuse in Malaysia: past and present
title_sort	drugs misuse in malaysia: past and present
publishDate	2007
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/8117/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/8117/1/2007_-_Drugs_misuse_in_Malaysia-_past_and_present.pdf
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Drugs misuse in Malaysia: past and present

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