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How to improve the surveillance of the Taliban ban's impact on European drug markets (2024)
Auteur(s) :
GIOMMONI, L.
Année :
2024
Page(s) :
art. 104320
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
MAR (Marchés / Markets)
Thésaurus géographique
EUROPE
;
AFGHANISTAN
Thésaurus mots-clés
MARCHE DE LA DROGUE
;
OPIOIDES
;
PAVOT
;
PRODUCTION
;
INTERDIT
;
DROGUES DE SYNTHESE
;
SURVEILLANCE EPIDEMIOLOGIQUE
;
FENTANYL
Organismes
OEDT
Résumé :
In April 2023, the Taliban banned poppy cultivation and the trade of all narcotics. This caused a 95% reduction in opium production. Usually, that would be good news. But there is a substantial worry: synthetic opioids might fill the void left by heroin. This is concerning because these drugs have led to health emergencies in areas where they are prevalent. This paper highlights the limitations of the current drug surveillance system in Europe and proposes improvements. It argues that reliance on secondary data is insufficient. Instead, we need to interview a sentinel group of people who inject drugs and adjust city-level sentinel systems, such as wastewater analysis, to specifically track the spread of synthetic opioids. Without these proactive steps, we risk only noticing a transition from heroin to synthetic opioids after it has occurred, with its harmful impacts already in place.
Affiliation :
School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
Cote :
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