Drug addiction in Pakistan

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Drug addiction is defined as compulsive and uncontrolled drug use, although there are negative consequences. In recent decades, drug addiction has increased exponentially in Pakistan. Most illegal drugs come from neighboring Afghanistan. According to UN estimates, 8.9 million people in the country are drug users. Cannabis is the most widely used drug. Injecting drug abuse rates also increased significantly in Pakistan, fueling fears of the HIV epidemic.

Although, the increase in problems has been alarming, the government's response is minimal. Some of the country's active programs to help drug addicts and the smuggling and drug supply in the country have been almost out of control.

The Anti Narcotics Force is a government agency responsible for smuggling and drug use in Pakistan.

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According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Pakistan has 6.7 million drug users. More than 4 million of them are addicts. The abuse of marijuana and heroin is widespread in the country and its medicines are very cheap and easy to obtain. Most of the drugs come from Afghanistan, a country that produces Opium in the following creations studio url = http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/101east/2014/10/drugged-up-pakistan-201410810920503625.html | title = Dibius Pakistan | date = October 10, 2014 | publisher = AlJazeera | accessdate = March 18, 2015}} & lt;/ref & gt; UNODC calculates that over 800,000 Pakistanis between the ages of 15 and 64 use heroin regularly. It is also estimated that up to 44 tons of processed heroin is consumed each year in Pakistan - the rate of use is two or three times the American price. As many as 110 tons of heroin and morphine from neighboring Afghanistan are traded through Pakistan to international markets. Furthermore, Pakistan's illegal drug trade is believed to generate up to $ 2 billion per year.

The number of drug users (Ganja) is very high in Pakistan's Pakhtunkhwa Khyber province, which is neighboring Afghanistan, where nearly 11 percent of the population uses drugs (mainly Cannabis). By 2013, the number of drug users in Balochistan is 280,000. In Punjab and Sindh Heroin and users of Opium is significantly higher than other parts of the country. The use of Heroin and Opium is widespread in the rural areas of Punjab and Sindh.

The number of injection drug users in Punjab has also increased sharply in recent years. In 2007, Pakistan had about 90,000 injecting drug users but the number had risen to about 500,000 by 2014. This increase was also accompanied by a positive increase in HIV. According to the study, in 2005, about 11 percent of Pakistani drug users were HIV positive. That number has risen to 40 percent in 2011.

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Care and Specialist Interventions

According to survey reports, treatment and specialist interventions are not widely available. During the review period, treatment is available for less than 30,000 drug users. The Anti-Narcotics Force is the federal government's Pakistani executive bureau, charged with fighting drug smuggling and drug use in Pakistan.

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See also

• Smoking in Pakistan

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References

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