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Secretary-General and Paris Pact partners affirm international commitment to curbing drug trafficking from Afghanistan

16 February 2012 - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today lent his support to comprehensive and concerted international action to stem the flow of opium and heroin from Afghanistan. At a high-level conference taking place today in Vienna, ministers stressed the need to reduce opium poppy cultivation, opiate production and drug trafficking and abuse while aiming to establish a broad international coalition to combat opiate trafficking.[Read More]

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UNODC Iran supports enhancing a scientific based approach on ATS and HIV

The use of Amphetamine Type Stimulants (ATS) has been growing fast in the Islamic Republic of Iran during the last few years. Apart from the burden of using this substance on the drug treatment and public health system, one of the most important concerns is the relation between the use of ATS and HIV infection. Although the most prevalent route of ATS use in Iran is smoking, most recently there have been reports of ATS users starting to use injections.[Read More]

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