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Methamphetamine in Bangladesh

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is the main government agency responsible for the regulation of drugs in Bangladesh. According to the Department of Narcotic Control, the government of Bangladesh maintains 12 drug rehabilitation centres. The Narcotics Control Act 2019 is one of the laws that regulate narcotics in Bangladesh. In
66:, the influx of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar also increases the influx of Yaba into Bangladesh. Yaba bought in Myanmar for 40 cents a pill can be sold for 3-4 dollars in Dhaka, Bangladesh. In May 2018, Bangladesh launched a massive anti-narcotics crackdown that was modeled on the 38:, Myanmar is believed to be the main origin point of Yaba in South-East Asia and the Mekong region including in Bangladesh. Drug gangs in Myanmar shifted from Heroin to Methamphetamine manufacturing in the late 1990s. Bangladesh shares a 250 kilometres (160 mi) 61:
the main consumers of the drugs are students. According to the Director General of the Narcotics Control Board, Md Jamal Uddin Ahmed, there are 7 million drug addicts in Bangladesh of whom 5 million are addicted to Yaba. The trade in Yaba increased during the
54:. The Usage of Yaba started to become popular in Bangladesh from 2006. In 2010, law enforcement seized 84 thousand yaba pills in Bangladesh, which rose to 29.5 million pills seized in 2016. 70:
in which more than 211 people were killed in shootouts with law enforcement. Security services Arrested hundreds of suspects in a span of few days. The crackdown has been criticised by
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is limited, according to Border Guards Bangladesh the Border Guard Police do not receive nine out of ten of their calls. The majority of drugs entered Bangladesh through the border at
26:. Yaba is a drug made by combining methamphetamine and caffeine. They are sold as colorful pills. There are three forms of Yaba in Bangladesh, they are R-7, Controller, and Champa. 307: 826: 831: 509: 821: 332: 550: 35: 852: 847: 356: 181: 883: 773: 458: 700: 695: 690: 685: 857: 816: 87: 58: 259: 39: 543: 878: 639: 629: 619: 63: 156: 75: 381: 129: 675: 57:
Bangladesh government officials estimated that the trade in Yaba was worth US$ 3 billion in 2016. According to the
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for alleged extrajudicial killings and human rights abuses by law enforcement.
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is an illegal substance that is often consumed in the form of
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Index

Yaba
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
border
Border Guards Bangladesh
Border Guard Police
Teknaf
Department of Narcotic Control
Rohingya refugee crises
Philippines drug crackdown
Human Rights Watch
The Daily Star
Department of Narcotic Control
pseudoephedrine
Bangladesh Drug War



"Yaba addiction: The dark side of Bangladesh's increasing affluence"


"Yaba addiction rises 30%"
"From parties to residences: How yaba is spreading like wildfire"


"Yaba drug crisis in Bangladesh out of control"
"Listed Teknaf drug peddlers not in scene for now"
"Yaba, the 'Madness Drug', Is Finding New Routes Into Bangladesh | VICE News"
"Inside Bangladesh's methamphetamine problem"
"Bangladesh cricket player in police custody for possessing yaba drug"
"Bangladesh has 7 million drug addicts, 'over half of them are addicted to yaba'"

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