The International journal on drug policyTurkeyHumansDrug and Narcotic ControlDrug TraffickingOpium
Beyond the ban: Explaining how Turkey reduced diversion and illicit poppy cultivation after 1974.
Candan Turkkan
Published: 202510.1016/j.drugpo.2025.105053
Abstract
A central tenet of the drug control literature is that the prohibition of drug crops (opium poppy, coca, cannabis) generates a "prohibition premium" that strengthens illicit supply chains and provides a lucrative alternative to legal agriculture. Thi…
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