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28 June, 2020
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World Drug Report 2020: UN
Part of: GS-II- I.O - UN (PT-MAINS-PERSONALITY TEST)
Recently, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), in its 2020 World Drug Report, has highlighted the possible consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic on Illegal Drug Production, Supply and Consumption. According to it, due to economic hardship, people may resort to illicit activities linked to drugs to make a living. The report further, revealed that the measures taken by governments to counter the pandemic inevitably had double-edged consequences on large-scale drug supply.
Imp Points
India and Illicit Drug Trade
Golden Triangle: It represents the region coinciding with the rural mountains of Myanmar, Laos, and Thailand. It is Southeast Asia’s main opium-producing region and one of the oldest narcotics supply routes to Europe and North America. Golden Crescent: This region of South Asia is a principal global site for opium production and distribution. It comprises Afghanistan, Iran, and Pakistan. |
Associated Challenges:
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
It was established in 1997 and was named as a United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in 2002.It acts as the Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention by combining the United Nations International Drug Control Program (UNDCP) and the Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Division of the United Nations Office at Vienna.
**UNODC publishes the World Drug Report.
Conclusion
Therefore, use of maritime trafficking routes from Myanmar along the Andaman Sea, some of which cross Indian territorial waters must be strategically observed by India to curb the trafficking. Moreover, methods or procedures to deal with illicit drug supply, their usage must be institutionalised in order to ensure that fight against this menace is not compromised in face of a pandemic or any other crisis.
Additional efforts would be required at the national, regional, and international level to carefully analyse methods and trends to understand changes to drug markets in the wake of the pandemic. There is a need to understand the change in the strategy of drug trafficking organisations as a result of the Covid-19 measures.
Source: TH
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