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Methadone Maintenance Therapy is offered in Thailand to reduce harm for people dependent on injected opioids, like heroin. (World Bank/Trinn Suwannapha)

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Cocaine and Opium Production Worldwide Hit ‘Absolute Record Highs’ – Major Threat to Public Health says UN Study

by eNews Park Forest on June 26, 2018

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NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—June 26, 2018

By: United Nations Media

The scourge of opium-based drugs and cocaine are a bigger global threat to public health and law enforcement than ever before, according to the latest World Drug Report, released on Tuesday by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).