More than one billion methamphetamine pills were seized in East and Southeast Asia last year, according to a report released by the United Nations. The illicit synthetic drug market is constantly evolving in East and southeast Asia, with every country in the region reporting methamphetamine as their drug of greatest concern, according to the UN.
The UN’s report says most of the 171.5 tons of seized methamphetamine was found in southeast Asia, predominantly in the lower Mekong region which is comprised of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam.
Most methamphetamine production is concentrated in the Golden Triangle – where the borders of Thailand, Laos and Myanmar meet – predominantly in Shan State in Myanmar.
Methamphetamine is cheaper and more accessible than ever in southeast Asia, where drug cartels have taken advantage of political instability in the area. For…
