Professor of History, Shanghai University
Yong-an Zhang is Professor and Director at Shanghai University's David F. Musto Center for Drug Policy Studies. His previous positions include visiting fellow at the Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies (CNAPS) at the Brookings Institution, and visiting associate professor of History of Medicine at Yale University’s School of Medicine.
His research interests include the social history of health and medicine, international drug control policy, China’s drug control strategy, and global health diplomacy.
International drug policy: at a crossroads or a dead-end?
Jul 27, 2023 08:16 am UTC| Law
The international drug control regime was established more than a century ago, yet rarely has the issue received as much attention as it has since the 2010s. With the legalisation of cannabis in the Americas, the...
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