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Stories on Drugs
- 11/06/2013 - Make health your 'new high' in life : UNODC to mark World Drug Day on 26 June
- 17/05/2013 - New report looks at use of cocaine paste in Peru
- 09/05/2013 - Greater Mekong countries pledge to strengthen cooperation to fight illicit drugs threat in Southeast Asia
- 09/05/2013 - UNODC and Brazilian government launch Liaison and Partnership Office in Brazil
- 02/04/2013 - UNODC awarded Spanish Gold Medal of Merit for its commitment to countering drug dependence
- 12/03/2013 - Drug Use in Pakistan 2013 Summary Report reveals high levels of drug use and dependency
- 12/03/2013 - New UNODC report sheds light on the phenomenon of new psychoactive substances worldwide
- 28/02/2013 - The first national drug use survey in the Maldives highlights urgent need for more drug use prevention and treatment
- 20/02/2013 - Crystalline methamphetamine now Indonesia’s “primary illicit drugs threat”
- 05/02/2013 - India: Living with HIV against all odds
- 25/01/2013 - Placing health and welfare at the heart of drug policy
- 16/01/2013 - Sustainable tourism boosts local economies in Colombia
- 15/01/2013 - Bolivia to re-accede to UN drug convention, while making exception on coca leaf chewing
- 12/12/2012 - Methamphetamine use on the rise in East and South-East Asia
- 06/12/2012 - Lao PDR “extremely vulnerable” to trafficking by transnational organized crime groups, says UNODC Executive Director
- 01/12/2012 - UNODC Chief visits Myanmar, offers UNODC support on poppy, stresses need for all countries to adopt UN Anti-Corruption Convention
- 29/11/2012 - UNODC Executive Director offers support to Thailand to fight “region’s worsening organized crime and illicit drug trafficking problem”
- 21/11/2012 - Opium-crop cultivation rises in Afghanistan, prices remain high
- 01/11/2012 - Tracking designer drugs, legal highs and bath salts
- 14/03/2012 - 100 years of narcotics control
- 12/03/2012 - Commission on Narcotic Drugs opens with call for stronger networks to confront illicit drugs
- 05/03/2012 - India introduces methadone treatment for drug abusers
- 18/01/2012 - Cricket star Shahid Afridi to hit hard against drugs in new role as UNODC Goodwill Ambassador
- 12/12/2011 - We must remember victims of organized crime and drug trafficking, says UNODC chief
- 30/11/2011 - Methamphetamine on the rise in East and South-East Asia
- 28/11/2011 - UNODC chief meets Afghan President ahead of Bonn II conference
- 23/11/2011 - Organized crime and drug trafficking major threats to international peace and security, UNODC head tells Security Council
- 11/11/2011 - Sustained efforts and cooperation in drug control essential to prevent suffering, says INCB
- 12/10/2011 - UNODC-supported State Service on Drug Control in Kyrgyzstan showing results
- 13/09/2011 - ATS: second most commonly abused drug type worldwide
- 09/08/2011 - North-east India: recognizing female injecting drug users
- 20/07/2011 - UNODC Executive Director visits drug treatment centre in Tehran
- 27/06/2011 - "Tree of Hope" draws attention to plight of drug abusers
- 24/06/2011 - World Drug Day 2011: Global health starts with drug-free communities
- 21/06/2011 - UNODC to launch World Drug Report 2011
- 16/05/2011 - From coca monitoring to sustainable farming
- 05/05/2011 - Capturing the faces of the drug trade in Afghanistan
- 30/03/2011 - Drug dependence treatment and HIV prevention in Kenya
- 17/03/2011 - Crime and its deadly link with terrorism
- 02/03/2011 - Designer drugs are escalating out of control, according to INCB
- 17/02/2011 - UNODC assists Pakistan in drug control work along Khyber pass
- 21/01/2011 - High opium prices threaten drug control efforts of recent years
- 18/01/2011 - Seized Peruvian drug den becomes new UNODC regional office
- 21/12/2010 - Myanmar ATS situation worsening
- 01/12/2010 - Tajikistan is the first line of defence in stemming Afghan drugs, says UNODC Executive Director
- 29/11/2010 - Putting people first: UNODC Executive Director visits drug treatment centre and women's prison in Afghanistan
- 25/11/2010 - Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan strengthen anti-drug trafficking initiative
- 25/11/2010 - Ecstasy and Methamphetamine first choice of drugs in East and South Asia
- 15/11/2010 - New initiative to improve airport intelligence sharing on drug trafficking in West Africa
- 09/11/2010 - UNODC expands services to promote global security and development
- 06/10/2010 - Turning the tide of drugs and crime in Africa
- 30/09/2010 - Afghan opium production halves in 2010, according to UNODC annual survey
- 21/09/2010 - UNODC Executive Director voices support for Millennium Development Goals
- 13/09/2010 - New UNODC Executive Director sets out immediate priorities
- 23/08/2010 - Bolivia welcomes new UNODC representative
- 17/08/2010 - Colombia: new anti-drugs campaign targets the public
- 13/08/2010 - UNODC boosts Cambodian border control capacity
- 02/08/2010 - UNODC promotes international cooperation in West and Central Asia
- 16/07/2010 - Pakistan and UNODC join forces to respond to the threats of drugs and crime
- 12/07/2010 - Secretary-General appoints Yury Fedotov of Russian Federation Executive Director of UNODC
- 06/07/2010 - Central American experts look for common ground to deal with challenges of drugs and organized crime
- 02/07/2010 - Lao PDR: more than 3 tons of drugs go up in smoke
- 25/06/2010 - World Drug Day message: think health, not drugs
- 23/06/2010 - World Drug Report 2010: drug use is shifting towards new drugs and new markets
- 22/06/2010 - Divergent coca crop cultivation trends in the Andean countries
- 22/06/2010 - Around 1 million Afghans suffer from drug addiction, UNODC reports
- 21/06/2010 - UNODC to launch World Drug Report 2010
- 29/04/2010 - UNODC enters partnership to address organized crime in Guatemala
- 21/04/2010 - Health is the theme of the 2010 world drug campaign
- 09/04/2010 - UNODC and Bolivia launch six-year programme to combat drugs and crime
- 08/04/2010 - UNODC 2010 Annual Report released
- 07/04/2010 - Mephedrone: a legal and potentially lethal high
- 01/04/2010 - CSI Vienna: stepping up forensic services support
- 31/03/2010 - Afghanistan leads in hashish production
- 29/03/2010 - Massive seizure of drug-making chemicals in Pakistan
- 11/03/2010 - Strengthening West Africa against drugs and crime
- 10/03/2010 - HIV/AIDS epidemic in Eastern Europe to be under spotlight at Vienna AIDS Conference
- 02/03/2010 - Public service announcement on the effects of drugs
- 24/02/2010 - Organized crime deepens humanitarian crises, warns UNODC
- 24/02/2010 - Narcotics body's annual report highlights alarming trends in drug abuse
- 08/02/2010 - Drugs seized in Panama en route to New Jersey and Barcelona
- 04/02/2010 - Maldives joins UNODC to strengthen drug response
- 06/01/2010 - Lao families rise out of poverty and opium addiction
- 29/12/2009 - Looking back and forging ahead: 10 ways UNODC makes a difference
- 22/12/2009 - Ecuador and Panama: Container Control Programme leads to seizures
- 17/12/2009 - Afghan Opium Survey: export value of Afghan opium is falling
- 14/12/2009 - South-East Asia: worrying trend in opium cultivation
- 10/12/2009 - Intelligence-sharing centre opened in Kazakhstan
- 09/12/2009 - Security Council debates "devastating impact" of drug trafficking
- 07/12/2009 - Security Council to focus on drug trafficking
- 05/12/2009 - Nicolas Cage new UNODC Ambassador for Justice
- 04/12/2009 - Donors help West Africa
- 26/11/2009 - New report on synthetic drugs trend in Asia
- 23/11/2009 - UNODC hosts regional meeting on justice and security
- 05/11/2009 - Keeping tabs on synthetic drugs
- 28/10/2009 - Triangular cooperation fights drugs and builds confidence
- 21/10/2009 - UNODC reveals devastating impact of Afghan opium
- 19/10/2009 - New report on devastating impact of Afghan opium
- 04/09/2009 - Initiative to curb trade in chemicals for illicit drugs
- 20/08/2009 - Interview with counsellor at Bhutan Narcotic Control Agency
- 12/08/2009 - International Youth Day: It's your health, it's your future
- 07/08/2009 - Evidence of drug lab activity in West Africa
- 17/07/2009 - Mother of six speaks of her journey with drug addiction
- 07/07/2009 - Organized crime plundering West Africa, says UNODC report
- 03/07/2009 - In conversation with Mohamed Rashid, a recovering drug user
- 02/07/2009 - Managua meeting strengthens regional response to drugs and crime in Central America
- 30/06/2009 - Statistics highlight link between injecting drug use and HIV
- 29/06/2009 - Why does cannabis potency matter?
- 26/06/2009 - World Drug Day: Secretary-General's message and public service announcement for youth
- 25/06/2009 - Global coverage of the World Drug Report 2009
- 24/06/2009 - World Drug Report 2009 released
- 24/06/2009 - UNODC World Drug Report 2009 to be released today
- 23/06/2009 - Afghanistan identifies cutting agents for heroin
- 22/06/2009 - How does UNODC estimate opium cultivation and production figures?
- 19/06/2009 - Steep decline in coca cultivation in Colombia, as Peru and Bolivia see increase
- 17/06/2009 - Launch of World Drug Report 2009 to be webcast live on 24 June
- 16/06/2009 - Commission on Narcotic Drugs Political Declaration now available online
- 03/06/2009 - Triangular cooperation fights transnational trafficking
- 01/06/2009 - Preventing smuggling of drug producing chemicals into Afghanistan
- 22/05/2009 - World drug campaign website launched
- 06/05/2009 - Malaysia reports its largest-ever synthetic drugs bust
- 23/04/2009 - Comprehensive regional response launched to combat trafficking in West Africa
- 22/04/2009 - Earth Day: how stopping organized crime can help the environment
- 20/04/2009 - From coca to palm oil: alternative development in Peru
- 07/04/2009 - UNODC launches “pro-health” drug campaign on World Health Day
- 30/03/2009 - Secretary-General Ban warns that terrorism, drugs and crime are thwarting development in Afghanistan
- 20/03/2009 - Commission on Narcotic Drugs puts drug control in the context of security, health and development
- 19/03/2009 - A portable laboratory in a briefcase
- 17/03/2009 - Building family skills to prevent drug use
- 16/03/2009 - Counter-narcotics operation on the border between Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan
- 12/03/2009 - African Union Commission and UNODC launch joint project to combat drugs and crime in Africa
- 11/03/2009 - UNODC and WHO launch joint drug dependence treatment programme
- 10/03/2009 - Santo Domingo Pact strengthens regional cooperation to fight drugs and crime in the Caribbean
- 10/03/2009 - UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs to review global drug trends
- 06/03/2009 - How to tackle a disturbing consequence of drug control
- 06/03/2009 - On the synthetic drugs trail
- 02/03/2009 - West Africa under attack from narco-trafficking
- 27/02/2009 - Century of drug control commemorated in Shanghai
- 26/02/2009 - This day in history: The Shanghai Opium Commission, 1909
- 23/02/2009 - This day in history: The 1971 Convention on Psychotropic Substances
- 20/02/2009 - The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) launches its 2008 Annual Report
- 16/02/2009 - This day in history - Commission on Narcotic Drugs established
- 02/02/2009 - Global opium poppy cultivation is decreasing
- 23/01/2009 - The 1912 Hague International Opium Convention
- 21/01/2009 - Deadly drug cocktails
- 06/01/2009 - Drug trafficking in the Golden Triangle
- 05/01/2009 - Executive Director assesses global threats on BBC World Today
- 24/12/2008 - Major drug seizure in Tajikistan
- 16/12/2008 - Putting health at the centre of drug control
- 15/12/2008 - Tackling the Afghan opium threat
- 19/11/2008 - Responding to drug use and HIV in Iran
- 17/11/2008 - HIV infection rates high among imprisoned women
- 10/11/2008 - Ketamine sweeps the rave scene
- 28/10/2008 - Drug trafficking as a security threat in West Africa
- 03/10/2008 - Cambodia tackles safrole oil production
- 24/09/2008 - UN report focuses on spread of HIV through drug injection
- 09/09/2008 - New markets for synthetic drugs
- 26/08/2008 - Opium cultivation in Afghanistan down by a fifth
- 19/08/2008 - Record heroin seizure in the UAE
- 25/07/2008 - Former drug user now top athlete in Iran
- 16/07/2008 - Targeting precursor chemicals in Afghanistan and beyond
- 09/07/2008 - Playing against drugs in Brazil’s mini-Euro Cup
- 04/07/2008 - World Drug Day 2008
- 04/07/2008 - Civil society contributes to the UN drug policy review
- 26/06/2008 - UNODC launches 2008 World Drug Report
- 26/06/2008 - Closer to home – drug use in six Latin American countries in focus
- 19/06/2008 - Drugs and crime in Central America and the Caribbean
- 13/06/2008 - "Tik": Crystal meth in Cape Town
- 27/05/2008 - Monitoring illicit crop production
- 22/05/2008 - Regional Information Centre supports counter-narcotic efforts
- 19/05/2008 - Yaba, the 'crazy medicine' of East Asia
- 14/05/2008 - Preventing drug abuse in the Middle East
- 08/05/2008 - Indian students say "I Decide"
- 05/05/2008 - Ecotourism provides Colombians with a livelihood
- 30/04/2008 - Illicit Drug Trends of Afghan opiates
- 25/04/2008 - Why should we care about cannabis?
- 02/04/2008 - Sports help prevent drug abuse
- 31/03/2008 - UNODC and UNIDO extend Laos alternative income programme
- 28/03/2008 - Young Japanese leaders visit Vienna
- 19/03/2008 - Uzbek officers put UNODC training to good use
- 18/03/2008 - “Nothing Less”: Improving drug dependence treatment
- 17/03/2008 - Brazil’s first magazine on drug dependence
- 14/03/2008 - Commission on Narcotic Drugs considers future of drug control
- 13/03/2008 - Not So Silent Partners
- 10/03/2008 - UNODC launches its 2008 Annual Report
- 27/02/2008 - Reaching out to youth to prevent drug abuse
- 20/02/2008 - Teachers support students under pressure
- 06/02/2008 - UNODC anticipates another large opium crop in Afghanistan in 2008
- 23/01/2008 - Reducing the harm of drugs
- 04/01/2008 - UNODC strategy for 2008-2011
- 19/12/2007 - Assisting Guinea-Bissau
- 18/12/2007 - “Rainbow Strategy” for Afghanistan
- 14/12/2007 - The reality in which farmers live
- 14/12/2007 - Europe's Cocaine, Africa's Problem
- 07/12/2007 - Free drugs or drug free?
- 05/12/2007 - Curbing the cocaine flow
- 29/11/2007 - Upgraded directory of Competent National Authorities
- 27/11/2007 - Fidela, Felix and the chocolate factory
- 23/11/2007 - Dismantling meth labs in Cambodia
- 22/11/2007 - UNODC’s royal visitors
- 21/11/2007 - Drug trafficking and the financing of terrorism
- 16/11/2007 - Afghan opium report
- 16/11/2007 - Europe's cocaine curse
- 16/11/2007 - Paris Pact: stopping the flow of opium from Afghanistan
- 03/10/2007 - Christina Oguz: "To work in Afghanistan, you need to be an optimist."