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Kya Raina Lal, Lecturer in Law, Auckland University of Technology

How drug demand in New Zealand and Australia is driving calls for the death penalty in Fiji

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Fiji is at the centre of an illicit narcotics crisis described as a national emergency, driven by an escalating demand for hard drugs in Australia and New Zealand.

Drugs, particularly cocaine and methamphetamine, are now rife in Fiji. What was once solely a transit point for the international market has grown to create local demand.

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