News:2019-01-01/Report/incb-annual-report-2018-record-cannabis-seizures-in-south-asia

1 January 2019

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INCB Annual Report 2018: Record cannabis seizures in South Asia

The International Narcotics Control Board's 2018 Annual Report, launched in January 2019, documented record cannabis herb seizures across South Asia. India seized more than 350 tons in 2017, while Bangladesh seized close to 70 tons, with cannabis remaining the most frequently cultivated, trafficked, and abused drug in the region. The report noted significant increases in opiates seizures in India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka, and flagged that Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and India were each considering expanding the death penalty for drug-related offences despite long-standing de facto abolitionist positions. The INCB urged all states retaining the death penalty for drug offences to commute existing sentences and consider abolition. The report also documented a thirtyfold increase in methamphetamine pill seizures in Bangladesh since 2011, and noted growing use of the internet as a drug marketplace across the region.

Source: https://www.unodc.org/southasia/frontpage/2019/January/incb-report-2018-urges-governments-to-consider-abolishing-death-penalty-for-drug-related-offences.html

2019-01-01 Report INCB Annual Report 2018: Record cannabis seizures in South Asia The International Narcotics Control Board's 2018 Annual Report, launched in January 2019, documented record cannabis herb seizures across South Asia. India seized more than 350 tons in 2017, while Bangladesh seized close to 70 tons, with cannabis remaining the most frequently cultivated, trafficked, and abused drug in the region. The report noted significant increases in opiates seizures in India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka, and flagged that Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and India were each considering expanding the death penalty for drug-related offences despite long-standing de facto abolitionist positions. The INCB urged all states retaining the death penalty for drug offences to commute existing sentences and consider abolition. The report also documented a thirtyfold increase in methamphetamine pill seizures in Bangladesh since 2011, and noted growing use of the internet as a drug marketplace across the region. https://www.unodc.org/southasia/frontpage/2019/January/incb-report-2018-urges-governments-to-consider-abolishing-death-penalty-for-drug-related-offences.html Sri Lanka