DrugMonitoringCentre (DMC)

A Swiss based centre committed to monitoring, analysing and sharing information & expertise on drugs from around the Globe 🌏 Organised information is power!

[Inshik Sim @yasdre]

No doubt #ketamine has become the second most widely used synthetic drug in the #Mekong and Southeast Asia. Showing a very similar pattern how #organizedcrime successfully expanded the #methamphetamine market in the region. @jdouglasSEA. #EarlyWarning.

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#England: #Prescriptions rising for #anxiety #drug linked to 1 in 10 #drug #deaths in #England https://t.co/IhRg55E9FP

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#US #Overdose https://t.co/LFh7Td6hrV

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#US: Rates of #deaths from #drug #overdoses among #seniors have more than tripled in the past two decades https://t.co/TjeesxD590

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'Revamped' #drug war launched by #Bongbong Marcos admin | ANC https://t.co/q2SSETJLl3 via @YouTube

[Inshik Sim @yasdre]

#GoldenTriangle crystal methamphetamine continues to make it to streets of Cebu south #Philippines. #ASEAN integrated trade & #trafficking @OlivLermet #Mekong #Myanmar #organizedcrime #drugpolicy, https://t.co/zuCfSMwBCo

[John W. @johnwSEAP]

975,000 #GoldenTriangle methamphetamine tablets in Pyigyitagon area Mandalay #Myanmar, on the way to Rakhine @benihofmann. 95% odds destined for #Bangladesh market @misra_jayant #Mekong #organizedcrime #CrimTwitter

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More than a ton of #cannabis was intercepted on Wednesday on the A9 in the #Gard, in a convoy coming from the #Spanish border and linked to trafficking in a city of #Vauvert in the Camargue, announced the Nîmes prosecutor's office on Friday .
https://t.co/y4MJktjtPs

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A shipment of baby wipes turns out to be $11.8 million worth of cocaine https://t.co/GzNWNNXsVB

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46 million #amphetamine pills that were smuggled in a shipment of flour - a record for the kingdom. https://t.co/UJyhBcCZ7b

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The seizure of 1,118 kilograms of #meth set a new record for the confiscation of this type of #narcotics in a day in terms of amounts that have never been recorded before https://t.co/GHup6MW1VT

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The authorities in #Australia have seized 1.8 tonnes of #methamphetamine in the country's biggest-ever bust of the illegal #drug
https://t.co/QThoAvXOCY

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Authorities over in #Australia have seized AU $25 million (US $17m/£14m) worth of liquid #methamphetamine disguised as olive oil
https://t.co/6VWy2a2EoI

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´#Taliban fighters first beat up two #addicts and then one of the #Taliban fighters hit one of the #addicts with a knife and when the addict ran away, the Taliban fighter followed him and stabbed him with a knife second and third time´
@HashteSubhDaily https://t.co/LgDKn5PWgl

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#Colombian #cocaine worth £40m smuggled with batch of bananas on Thames port https://t.co/TOyeeI1sTE

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‘In 2013, #Scotland recorded 527 incidents in which #illegal #narcotics caused or directly contributed to a person’s #death. Over the last seven years, these numbers have exploded: In 2020, fully 1,339 people died from #drug use – a new high.’ https://t.co/l0Jiuyfc8m

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Les than a month ago #Nespresso staff in #Switzerland made similar spectacular found: The #shipping-containers that usually bring #coffee from #SouthAmerica, contained over 500 #kilograms of #cocaine 👇🏻 https://t.co/bbKZDX7KDZ… https://t.co/sQF9kzL5aG

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#Smoking rates have been steadily falling in #Canada. The latest #data from Statistics #Canada, released last month, shows 10% of #Canadians reported #smoking regularly. https://t.co/VVNcHqQalm

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#Thailand: From Thursday, households will be able to #cultivate up to six #cannabis pot plants at home if they register with authorities, and companies can also farm the plant with a permit. @yasdre https://t.co/wKI10b7Kq4 via @AJEnglish

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The prohibition makes it difficult to have representative studies regarding the real consumption of drugs (dark figures) and following from this, also to implement feasible and effective prevention-campaigns. @DMC, Analyst, Dominique Schlund, read 👇🏻
https://t.co/bbKZDWQ9Mr…