Vulnerability of Bangladesh
Bangladesh is located between the golden crescent to the west, comprising Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iran, and the golden triangle, to the east, comprising Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, and Thailand. Afghanistan remains the largest cultivator of poppy in the world. Mayanmar is the world's second largest producer of illicit opium. But by far the most important drug threat for Bangladesh is from India, most of India's brown sugar heroin comes from Indian opium and is locally manufactured and transhifted to Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives. India produces methaqualone (mandrax) and psychotropic pharmaceuticals (LOOPS). Within the bordering localities of India there are a number of small, medium, or even large factories, producing phensidyl. Those types of phensidyl are delivered easily into Bangladesh. As a result, our youths are getting destroyed.
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