The Opium Trade in Thailand, 1940 – 1950
Sean Kjetil Nordbo In the early stages of the Second World War (1939-1945) Thailand continued receiving its opium from countries like Iran and Turkey, but after the Thais sided with the Japanese Empire…
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The Opium Trade in Thailand, 1908 – 1940
In 1908, President Theodore Roosevelt of the United States, concerned about the worldwide trades in narcotics, lobbied the leaders of a number of European and Asian countries to create an…