- The opium flow from Afghanistan which was down to a trickle post-9/11 has again gone up to peak levels.
- Studies have shown that laboratories converting opium into heroin/brown sugar have mushroomed in small-town India.
- India has the highest percentage of opiate and psychotropic substance abusers in the world.
- Adding to the problem is the abuse of prescription drugs containing opiates.
- Cheap chemical substitutes for heroin have found their way into the market.
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