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Increased cooperation among the Koreas has brought positive results in the worldwide war against narcotics but its production, trafficking and consumption remain a major problem in the region. In this 2 page paper, the writer evaluates United Nations efforts to curtail the production and development of drugs in Korea, Myanmar, Laos and Thailand. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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the region. According to the U.N. Commission on Narcotics Drugs, while production is a serious problem in some other Asian countries, the menace has not left even countries such
as Korea, which are not even major producers of narcotic drugs. Opium has also been diverted into illicit channels in Korea where traffickers are producing heroin of low purity in
response to an increase in abuse. During 1994, an annual report of the international Narcotics Control Board said heroin abuse has spread from Seoul and other major
cities to rural areas. Heroin is also increasingly being smuggled into Korea from the Southeast Asian countries. The East and West African traffickers get most of their heroin from
India, Pakistan and Thailand, and indeed a concerted effort needs to be made to stop this. Towns just below Seoul have become major transit route for Europe bound heroin. The
heroin is mostly smuggled into the country by sea from places like South India. The commission is the central U.N. organ dealing with all drug questions
and therefore it must use these data to its combatant advantage. The U.N. International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) strives to limit the cultivation and use of drugs while
at the same time ensures the availability of the drugs for legal purposes. According to U.N. drug organs, opium production has increased over the past years, from an estimated
3,300 metric tons in 1990 to 3,700 tons in 1993. Potential heroin production from opium increased, too, from 282 metric tons in 1990 to 324 tons in 1993.
Opium production has seen a particular increase in the Korea, Myanmar, Laos and Thailand. In order to determine the extent of opium cultivation, the U.N. Drug Control
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