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Different drug, Similar and Severer Hurting Route
April 25, 2008 | | Leave a Comment
BY Violet Wang
Cannabis, another kind of drug raw material like opium, is creating harm to people via a production, processing, trafficking route similar to opium, again, originating from Afghanistan and Pakistan. Abuse of Cannabis is hurting people of the production and trafficking countries.
However, the situation seems to be worse than opium although productions of cannabis in some traditional production countries are falling.
Cannabis is now the largest illicit drug market by far, including roughly 160 million annual consumers, according to the 2007 World Drug Report 2007 by U.N. Office of Drug and Crime. The widespread nature of production and consumption make it very difficult to define and quantify. Reports received by UNODC suggest that cannabis production is taking place in at least 172 countries and territories.
Hashish (more commonly called hash) is a potent form of cannabis produced by collecting and processing the most potent material that female marijuana plants naturally generate as part of their growth cycle.Like marijuana, hashish is usually smoked or eaten. Hashish is intoxicating and can produce euphoria and other feelings similar to marijuana but the effect is stronger.Hashish is an illegal substance in the United States and many other counties with no accepted medical use.
Part of the production of cannabis resin (also known as hashish) is concentrated in the South-West Asia/Middle East region, particularly
in Afghanistan and Pakistan, according to the 2007 World Drug Report 2007 by U.N. Office of Drug and Crime. Cannabis is a major drug of abuse in Pakistan. In a hospital based study, conducted at DHQ Hospital, Faisalabad, in patients admitted between 1996-2001, it was found that cannabis was the most frequently used drug of abuse, according to a study published last year on
Journal of College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan.
Cannabis herb remains the most widely trafficked substance in terms of volume and geographic spread, according to U.N. South-West Asia (mainly Pakistan) to Europe (mainly the Netherlands); from Central Asia to East Europe (notably the Russian Federation) are two of the many trafficking export routes of cannabis around the globe.
