An Analysis Of The Policy That Nixon Administration Prohibit The Importation Of Drugs From Turkey: 1969-1972

During the 1960s and 1970s, the Turkey has become the main source of heroin in America, exacerbated the proliferation of Drug abuse in the United States. In order to eliminate the source of heroin, then the U.S. government - the Nixon administration established A policy to eliminate opium poppy cultivation and opium production in Turkey. Taken to provide financial and technical support measures to Turkey for the Turkish government's active cooperation. Contained the supply of heroin on the market in the United States effectually. Moreover, the United States in the implementation of drug policy to Turkey in the process of some concrete measures to provide a reference for future joint anti-drug international community.Through exploring and hackling the declassified U.S. diplomatic documents, related data files and network resources, focused on the Nixon administration's policy containing the Turkish drug production and exporting to the U.S. I tried to use history, international relations, and other disciplines of knowledge, analysed the reason, process and effecctiveness of enacting the Nixon administration's drug policy for Turkey, revealed the drug policy's context and historical significance.The full text consists of three parts:Part I: Expatiating the background of drug policy to Turkey. Inspecting the proliferation of drug abuse during American society in the 1960s, then revealing the Turkey is an important source of heroin in the United States.Part II: Discussing the process of The Nixon administration constitued and implementted drug policy. Inquiring the relation between the" heroin trade" with the U.S. drug policy.To seek diversified measures for effective cooperation with the Government of Turkey.Part III: Evaluation of the Nixon administration's drug policy. Describing the effectiveness and limitations of drug policy, revealing the reason that drug policy did not fully achieved.