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Drug History Final
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History
Undergraduate 2
04/26/2012

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DFS
Definition
federal direction of security in Mexico
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Plaza system
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drug cartels given territories from PRI
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PRI
Definition
institutional revolutionary party
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1-2-3 system
Definition
pay-off authorities: $1 mil for interior, $2 for coastal zones, $3 for US/Mex border
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Operation Condor
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destroyed crops; distrust between US/Mexico; drug Darwinism; heroin/weed -> cocaine
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Miguel Gallardo
Definition
godfather of drug trafficking (SINALOA)
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Guzman "el chapo" Loera
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took over after the arrest of Gallardo (SINALOA); hugely popular among the people for being a Robin Hood type figure; built tunnels, boats, packaging
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Juan Garcia Abridge
Definition
first traded with Colombia (GULF); arrested
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Cargenas Guile
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"El Mata Amigos"; took over after the arrest of Abridge; first shipped to the 3rd world; gets extradited
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Los Zetas
Definition
originally anti-drug; become involved for the money; violent
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Durango Cartel
Definition
heroin highway: Mexico -> Chicago
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Guadalajara Cartel
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Ignacio "Nacho" Villareal; king of meth; crystal king
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Pablo Acosta
Definition
1st "el Chapo"; (JUAREZ)
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Don Neto Carrillo Fuentes
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made deal with the Cali cartel; shipping 4x times as much coke into the US as any other cartel
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Vincete Fuentes
Definition
takes over when his brother "dies" from facial reconstructive surgery
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Felipe Calderon
Definition
president of Mexico; tries to reduce crime...backfires in more violence; "War on Drugs"; tries to eliminate younger cartels cause of their higher risk factor
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Plantero system
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emerald traders offered people $/protection for smuggling -> coke
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Cucha
Definition
coke drink
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Carlos Lehder
Definition
head hauncho of the MEDELLIN
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Norman's Car
Definition
island in the Bahamas used as an airport to transport drugs (MEDELLIN)
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Muerte a Los Secuestadores (MAS)
Definition
death to the kidnappers; leftist guerillas made $ by holding people hostage
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Medellin had very clear
Definition
political agenda; whereas the Cali just was looking to make money
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Pablo Escobar
Definition
ran for Congress in 82; wanted to legitimize cocaine because of economic potential for the country; extremely violent; big on social welfare; MEDELLIN
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Cali Cartel
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takes over after Escobar's death; composed of families; stronger bond with less violence; worked with the state
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Plan Colombia
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1999: starts as a government plan to grow crops other than cocaine; US money and influence changes this...$ for trafficking and extradition
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General Phao
Definition
police force in early Thailand
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Marshall Sarit
Definition
military force in early Thailand; wants to eliminate opium and process heroin instead; fake hero
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Thai defense strategy
Definition
Built a wall in the west and ___ in the east?
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Shan state
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hill tribes, prohibited opium but were allowed to grow it for the government
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Ne Win
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communist military force in Burma
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"Opium for Arms"
Definition
tribes in the SNA raise money; support from the CIA; led by U Bien Then against Ne Win (communism)
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SNA
Definition
Shan national army
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Sawbwas
Definition
Shan rulers
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Kokang
Definition
major center of opium production
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Lo Hsing-han
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takes over Kokang; able to do so thanks to the Thai military
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Khun Sa
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opium warlord who unites Shan tribes...wants to be kinds...challenges KMT & Thai army for control
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Prince Sopsaisana
Definition
showed up to France with shit tons of heroin
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War of Indochina
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French vs. Communist Vietnamese
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Operation X
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Roger Trickier & Antonie Savani; French support the Hmong tribe; traded opium with Binh Xuyen for $; overflow from Saigon to Hongkong
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General Phoumi Nosavan
Definition
heroin manufacturing
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Duran line
Definition
division of ethnic groups
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NWFP
Definition
North-West Frontier Providence (production shifted from Punjab to NWFP)
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PNCB
Definition
Pakistani Narcotics Control Board; tries to prohibit -> more violence; government has no control
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Pashtuns
Definition
prominent tribal group
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Pashtunwali
Definition
social/moral code
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Hudood Ordinance
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Zia ul-Haq imposed moral laws on users via the Kuran; public piety
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Gadoon Poppy War
Definition
locals trying to protect opium; held hands to protect crops...war breaks out but the locals win
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Benazir Bhutto
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female politician in Pakistan
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Turkish smugglers were ____ in comparison to their _____ Afghan conterparts
Definition
entrepreneurs/elite; barbaric/violent
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Genmish
Definition
US/Iran operation to protect border from violent Afghan traders
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Ayatollah Khomeini
Definition
won after Iranian Revolution; heavy on execution as a penalty
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Mohammed Daud Khan
Definition
wants to reform Afghanistan
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Helman Valley Project
Definition
US money for alternative crops; failed because the US was unorganized and really DGAF
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Document A219
Definition
shift focus to Afghan smugglers
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Afghan-Soviet war
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US wants to support Afghan (anti-communist); US gives money to ISI who gives that money to the mujahideen
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Gilbuddin Hekmatyar
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leader of the mujahideen
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BCCI
Definition
bank of credit & commerce international
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Taliban tax system
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tax on opium created a huge source of revenue
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Dawa
Definition
opium as a medicine
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Nashaimawad
Definition
opium as a intoxicant
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Nagai Nagayoshi
Definition
created meth
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Yakuza
Definition
meth crime syndicates in Japan
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Pervitin
Definition
"multi-vitamin" AKA meth; Germany WWII
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Ice
Definition
smokeable meth in Hawaii
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Crystal meth
Definition
San Diego
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ya baa
Definition
crazy drug; meth + caffiene
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CMEA
Definition
combat meth epidemic act: 2005; regulated drugs that could be made into meth
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Dr. Nathan Eddy
Definition
created hydrocodone
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