Illicit drug production could use Ukraine’s war to prosper, the United Nations warned on Monday (June 27th), citing experience of conflict in other areas.
«Information from the Middle East և Southeast Asia shows that conflict situations can be a magnet for the production of synthetic drugs that can be produced anywhere.The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNFDC) emphasizes in its annual report. «This impact may be greater when the conflict zone is close to large consumer markets.“, – he adds.
Prior to the Russian invasion, Ukraine had a growing number of amphetamine laboratories, says expert Angela May in an interview with AFP. In 2020, about 80 were dismantled, compared to 17 in 2019. This production capacity “may spread if the conflict continues«. «The police are no longer there to stop the labs“, He explains. He can fight. “disrupt traffic routesThe report cites a possible decline in Ukraine since the beginning of 2022.
World aftermath
Angela May also calls for control of the situation in Afghanistan, where in 2021 86% of world opium is produced. In April, the Taliban leader ordered a ban on poppy cultivation. «We have to see if this will lead to a sharp reduction“, – the expert emphasizes, or if on the contrary, illegal fields will develop due to the deterioration of socio-economic conditions in this country.
There will be any changerepercussions on almost all regions of the world“The UN warns. An estimated 284 million people worldwide, one in 18 in the 15-64 age group, used drugs in 2020, up 26% from a decade ago. Although the majority are men, women use a lot of amphetamine-type stimulants (ATS), but that’s the way it is.inadequately presented treatment“Angela is sorry for me.double stigma“Եւ The need to create places where they feel”Safe:: can stay with their children.
Another noteworthy indicator is the production of cocaine, which set a new record at 1982 tons in 1982. The UNDP report, which “Preliminary assessmentIt is based on information gathered by the body from responses provided by Member States, from its own outposts, open source, media, and institutional reports.
Source: Le Figaro
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