HONG KONG/SINGAPORE: The market for synthetic drugs, including methamphetamine, continues to grow in Asean countries and across Asia despite the Covid-19 (coronavirus) crisis, a UN report said on Friday (May 15).
"While the world has shifted its attention to the Covid-19 pandemic, all indications are that production and trafficking of synthetic drugs and chemicals continue at record levels in the region," said Jeremy Douglas of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
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