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Trapped in the Traffick: Growing Problems of Drug Consumption in Lagos
Abstract
Theliterature on drugs in Africa includes policy statements by government officials which, by and large, follow the line set by international organisations created to design counter-measures to drug consumption and trafficking, such as the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) of the United Nations. At this level the debate revolves largely around the effectiveness of different preventative strategies; control programmes and the performance of agencies are evaluated, and authors often bewail the perversion of moral values in the countries concerned, while appeals for financial assistance figure frequently in the media. Much less well known are the oral traditions and the popular culture in which the drug users, traffickers, and barons are ascribed certain roles. I would like to compare the material contained in these different bodies of work with my own field observations from the drug ‘scene’ in both high and low density areas of Lagos.
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- Authors
- Klein, A.
- Corresponding author
- Klein, Axel
- Venue
- The Journal of Modern African Studies
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Published
- 1994-12
- Volume
- 32
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 657-677
- ISSN
- 0022-278X (ISSN-L)
- 1469-7777
- OpenAlex
- W2155194141
- Cited by
- 17
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2022: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 2 · 2018: 1 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 1
- FWCI
- 5.35
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- The Journal of Modern African Studies (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Youth, Drugs, and Violence
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › African Studies and Ethnography
- Keywords
- drug use, drug trafficking, Lagos, oral tradition, popular culture, drug users, drug policy, moral values, drug prevention strategies
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