The Dark World of Narcotics By Aziz Sanghur – Video

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12-01-2011 03:02 Karachi (Pakistan): Pakistan has eight million addicts of narcotics and drug users. Not only are many of these addicts a burden in terms of economy, they also pose a danger to society when they take to crime in order to sustain their addiction. Drug production for Pakistan's domestic market is estimated at close to $1.5 billion. It appears that only three percent of the gross profits from the illegal opium industry remain within Pakistan. Afghanistan tops the Poppy Cultivation countries. Along side the Pak-Afghan border cultivation of Poppy has increased despite ongoing war against terrorism in that area, adding anti narcotics department of Pakistan has rooted out the poppy cultivation from tribal areas. Pakistan is today notorious for many things, but in the last 20 years, drug production and addiction has increasingly become just one of them. The issue of drug addiction is often overshadowed by the many of the country's other human development problems, such as poverty, illiteracy and lack of basic health care. But the fact is, drug abuse is rapidly growing in Pakistan and in South Asia in general. While Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Maldives all suffer from this, Pakistan is the worst victim of the narcotics trade in South Asia. Today, the country has the largest heroin consumer market in the south-west Asia region. It wasn't always this way. Pakistan became a major exporter of heroin in the 1980s, following the influx of Afghan refugees. The major consequence of this ...

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