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India is fourth highest source of opium seizure.
Why it is in news?
- According to the latest World Drug Report of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), fourth highest seizure of opium in 2018 was reported from India, after Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan,
More on news:
- Global Pattern: Opium is illicitly produced in about 50 countries. About 84% of the total opium was produced in Afghanistan, from where it is supplied to neighbouring countries, Europe, west Asia, south Asia and Africa.
- Decline in Cultivation: The global area under opium poppy cultivation declined for the second year in a row in 2019. However, the global area under opium poppy cultivation is nevertheless still substantially larger than a decade ago and at similar level of the global area under coca cultivation.