Media Stories: Amphetamines top drug threat in many East and South-East Asia countries
- Sydney Morning Herald - UN warns on drugs as Thailand starts new crackdown (14 September 2011)
- WSJ Asia online - Meth Demand Grows in Southeast Asia (13 September 2011)
- Thai News Agency MCOT - Chalerm pledges no violation of law in govt's anti-drug campaign (15 September 2011)
- BBC News - UN says synthetic drug use overtakes cocaine and heroin (13 September 2011)
- Voice of America (blog) - UN Sees Meth Use Surging in Southeast Asia (13 September 2011)
- Straits Times - Synthetic drugs now second most popular drugs: UN (14 September 2011)
- AFP - Synthetic drugs 'most popular after cannabis' (13 September 2011)
- Middle East North Africa Financial Network - Asia battles synthetic drug epidemic (14 September 2011)
- New Zealand Herald - Kiwis' fondness for drugs increasing (14 September 2011)
- 3News NZ - Kiwis swap weed for P and E (14 September 2011)
- The Associated Press - Thailand launches new war against illegal drugs (14 September 2011)
- Shared Responsibility - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) ranks amphetamine-type stimulants (ATS) such as ecstasy and methamphetamine (13 September 2011)
- The Irrawaddy News Magazine - Burma Pivotal as Amphetamine Use Soars (14 September 2011)
- Monsters and Critics.com - UN reports new Iranian connection in methamphetamine traffic (13 September 2011)
- NAM LIÊN (WALL STREET JOURNAL) - Đông Nam Á: thị trường ma túy đá đang nổi lên (Vietnamese version) (13 September 2011)
- 20 Minuten Online - Synthetische Drogen sind auf dem Vormarsch (13 September 2011)
- The Economist - Laos and the drugs trade: A second wind from the Golden Triangle (19 July 2011)
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