Chapter 2

Question 1

It is the name given to Asia’s principal area of illicit opium production, located at the crossroads of Central, South, and Western Asia.

Answer 1

The Golden Crescent

Question 2

Golden Crescent is composed of what country?

Answer 2

• Afghanistan
• Iran
• Pakistan

Question 3

What are the three well defined heroin trafficking route that originates from the Golden Crescent?

Answer 3

• Balkan Route
• Northern Route
• Southern Route

Question 4

Golden Crescent is considered a _____ for heroin and related opiate production and trafficking.

Answer 4

Global Hub

Question 5

This route operates through Iran and Turkey and traffics the bulk of Afghan heroin to Europe.

Answer 5

The Balkan Route

Question 6

This route supplies heroin to the Russian Federation and Central Asia.

Answer 6

The Northern Route

Question 7

This route traffics heroin to Iran and Pakistan, and from these countries, via sea and air, to other parts of the world.

Answer 7

The Southern Route

Question 8

This was issued by Mullah Omar that banned poppy cultivation.

Answer 8

Fatwa

Question 9

Fatwa was enacted on?

Answer 9

July 28, 2000

Question 10

Between 2002 and 2008, poppy farmers made?

Answer 10

$6.4 billion

Question 11

What year Pakistan experienced a sharp increase in the number of heroin users?

Answer 11

1980’s

Question 12

What year, The Control of the Narcotic Substances Act came about?

Answer 12

1997

Question 13

In the year 2000, Pakistan was declared a _____.

Answer 13

Poppy-free country

Question 14

How many opiates user in Iran in the year 2013?

Answer 14

1.8 Million

Question 15

This country has one of the highest opiate dependency rates in the world.

Answer 15

IRAN

Question 16

How many hectares of poppy cultivation in Iran?

Answer 16

3500 Hectares

Question 17

In a national population size estimation study of illicit drug users, what was the most abused drug used?

Answer 17

Opium

Question 18

It is the second highest producer of opium.

Answer 18

The Golden Triangle

Question 19

The golden triangle is composed of what country?

Answer 19

• Laos
• Myanmar
• Thailand

Question 20

it is the single highest producing country of opium and heroin.

Answer 20

Myanmar

Question 21

What country started the opium production in the year 1886?

Answer 21

Burma

Question 22

He is known as “Prince of Death”

Answer 22

Khun Sa

Question 23

It funded the operations of Khun Sa by expanding the opium trade in the region.

Answer 23

Kuomintang (KMT)

Question 24

by the 1980’s, Khun Sa had amassed an army of over?

Answer 24

20,000 soldiers

Question 25

Who is the historian that describe Khun Sa?

Answer 25

Alfred McCoy

Question 26

Khun Sa called himself the?

Answer 26

King of the Golden Triangle

Question 27

It is the South American region consisting of Peru, Bolivia, and Columbia that is historically known to be a major cocaine production area in the Andean region.

Answer 27

The Silver Triangle

Question 28

90% of all cocaine produced in the world today comes from the?

Answer 28

Latin American countries

Question 29

It is the place where the known drug cartels came from such as Medellin and Cali cartel.

Answer 29

Columbia

Question 30

Capital of columbia that was branded as "Second Government".

Answer 30

Bogota

Question 31

Capital of columbia which is Bogota was branded as?

Answer 31

Second Government

Question 32

It is the single largest producer and exporter of cocaine in the world.

Answer 32

Peru

Question 33

It is now at the heart of South America's illegal narcotics trade.

Answer 33

Bolivia

Question 34

It is one of the major abused substances in China.

Answer 34

Heroin

Question 35

It is the no.1 producer of Marijuana.

Answer 35

Mexico

Question 36

This country used as transshipment point of Methamphetamine.

Answer 36

Hong Kong

Question 37

Thesesubstances are increasingly being trafficked through Hong Kong to Japan and the Philippines.

Answer 37

Methamphetamine