Singapore urged Southeast-Asian countries yesterday to crack down on an alarming rise in the use of speed, ecstasy and other synthetic drugs in the region.
The number of people in the world taking ecstasy, speed and other amphetamine-type stimulants (ATS) increased by 11 million last year, and most of the growth was in Southeast Asia, Senior Minister of State for Law and Home Affairs Ho Peng Kee said at the start of a training program in Singapore for the Association of South East Asian Nations Officials on Drug Matters.. He was citing a UN report issued last year.
"What is more alarming is that the rise in ATS abusers came mainly from Southeast Asia. The rapid rise in ATS abuse is indeed a cause for concern," he said.
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2003/09/16/2003068037This is happening, I've seen it.
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