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The growing narcotrafficking in Central Asia

In 2021, the head of the Tajik Drug Control Agency was cited by TASS News as having said that the volume of intercepted heroin and hashish had doubled over the last year, from 2.3 tonnes in 2020 to 4 tonnes in 2021. These narcotics are cultivated, produced, and trafficked primarily from Afghanistan. The …

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Afghanistan Turned into Drug Lab by US in Two Decades

“Afghanistan has the highest production of drugs in the world. In recent years, the production of the industrial drug has increased from 200 tons to more than 9,500 tons,” Iranian Deputy Police Chief and Secretary General of Iran’s Drug Control Headquarters Brigadier General Eskandar Momeni told a press conference on Saturday. He …

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Iran has least int’l support in fight against drug trafficking

Secretary-General of Iran Drug Control Headquarters Brigadier General Eskandar Momeni said on Monday that Iran has the least international support in fight against drug narcotics and is practically engaged in a dual struggle, namely countering drug trafficking, evil and terrorism, and on the one hand, cruel and unilateral sanctions. The …

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World drug bulletin 17

August – September Number 17 Publication of the Global Terrorism Index in 2022 The crisis of increasing production of chemicals in the world The increase in the trade of consumables in Afghanistan under the shadow of the Taliban government Controversy over the “war on drugs” in Romania The plan to …

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In Afghanistan, opium is as big a winner as Islamic extremism

(FILES) In this photograph taken on April 19, 2016, an Afghan farmer harvests opium sap from a poppy field in the Chaparhar district of Nangarhar province. Afghanistan saw a 10 percent jump in opium cultivation this year, a sharp rise owing to favourable weather, growing insecurity and a drop in …

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The Women’s Addiction Gateway: the Cigarette

Smoking was a taboo in society for women, though it becomes more common and legal nowadays. Studies show women smoke sympathizing with the males or take advantage of it as sexual attraction or as a weight control factor. Generally, the number of girls, as well as women smoking, is growing …

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Addiction and Social Exclusion

Researchers carried out studies on the origin of the word “Exclusion” in France in the 1970s, applied to different groups of people who had been excluded and dejected by government support. Been labeled as the people owning social issues, also being unassisted by social insurance especially young, old, disabled, and …

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US role in increasing poppy cultivation in Afghanistan since 2001

Strategic Report No.1February 2020Farzaneh Sohrabi Executive Summary Decades of war and insecurity, present transnational and national groups, higher cultivation, trafficking, and drugs are among st Afghanistan’s characteristics. In spite of domestic and foreign threats, the country survives itself. Meanwhile, reporting on Afghanistan’s past and current status, as well as poppy …

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Challenges of Pakistan in Counter-narcotics

One of the most essential issues is narcotics trafficking comprising transit, cultivation in Pakistan; since it becomes a source of income for hard-line groups. It turns out to be one of the most vital parts of the financial sector in Pakistan; it is approximately billion dollars, being equivalent to several …

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Global Trends in Drugs Use

Various regions follow similar trends regarding the adoption of varied types of traditional and industrial drugs, as International forums report, as well as annual reports of the UN office on drugs and crime, indicated. The distinction lays in varied regional trends caused by different political, economic, security, and social situations.   …

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