Methamphetamine remains the top illicit drug threat in East and South-East Asia, according to a new UNODC report, the 2012 Patterns and Trends of Amphetamine-Type Stimulants and Other Drugs, Asia and the Pacific. Seizures of methamphetamine pills have increased more than five-fold since 2007, says UNODC, noting that amphetamine-type stimulants (ATS) are now either the top or second illicit drug of use in 13 of the 15 Asia Pacific countries surveyed in the report.
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