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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Grant Peck

UN anti-drug agency warns there is no let-up in methamphetamine trade from Asia's Golden Triangle

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The huge trade in methamphetamine and other illegal drugs originating from a small corner of Southeast Asia shows no signs of slowing down, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime warned Friday.

“High volumes of methamphetamine continue to be produced and trafficked in and from the region while the production of ketamine and other synthetic drugs has expanded,” said the agency’s 2023 report, Synthetic Drugs in East and Southeast Asia.

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