New synthetic drugs, cocaine and meth booming, warns UN
- A spike in potent synthetic drugs comes as manufacturers respond to geopolitical changes and look to increase profits.
- The global drug trade is flourishing, with a surge of new synthetic drugs, as well as cocaine and methamphetamine, as traffickers exploit global instability to push into new markets, the United Nations has warned.
- In its World Drug Report released on Friday, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) warns that established and new narcotics are surging, and filling a gap left by the Taliban’s clampdown on heroin production in Afghanistan.
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- A spike in potent synthetic drugs comes as manufacturers respond to geopolitical changes and look to increase profits.
- The global drug trade is flourishing, with a surge of new synthetic drugs, as well as cocaine and methamphetamine, as traffickers exploit global instability to push into new markets, the United Nations has warned.
- In its World Drug Report released on Friday, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) warns that established and new narcotics are surging, and filling a gap left by the Taliban’s clampdown on heroin production in Afghanistan.
Sources: Al Jazeera