The World's Largest Drug-Producing Country - Hundreds of drug addicts visit the Ayahuasca Healing Center in Peru every year for natural hallucinogenic therapy. The local tribe believes Ayahuasca is capable of mental and physical healing, as well as promoting spirituality. However, the doctoral organization in the United States warned that this method could cause diarrhea, eye problems, and even death. Ayahuasca is now banned in some countries.
These are the biggest drug-producing countries in the world
Afghanistan is King of Opium and Heroin
Afghanistan is the world's largest producer of opium, with between 5,000 and 6,000 tonnes of raw opium per year. If purified opium will turn into heroin. After the withdrawal of NATO troops, last year poppy fields in Afghanistan grew 40 percent to a total of 210,000 hectares. The largest markets for opium from Afghanistan are the United States and Asia.
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Colombia World Champion Cocaine
Colombia, Bolivia, and Peru are the world's top cocaine producers. In these three countries, a total of 135,000 hectares of coca leaf fields were recorded. Colombia's annual production alone, according to a report by the UN-UNODC anti-narcotics agency, is about 300 to 400 tons a year. The largest cocaine markets are South America, North America, and Europe.
Morocco is the Main Producer of Cannabis
Each year, the North African country produces an average of 1,500 tons of hashish, marijuana, and dried marijuana. Throughout Morocco, there are about 134,000 hectares of cannabis fields. Marijuana cultivation is now increasingly widespread after the United States and Mexico legalized the use of marijuana in limited quantities.
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Myanmar the Heroin Queen of Southeast Asia
The golden triangle of Myanmar, Laos, and Cambodia is the queen of opium and heroin production in Southeast Asia. Its production is about 1,000 tons of opium a year. Opium from the Golden Triangle is usually smuggled out of the country via Thailand and from there it spreads to other parts of Southeast Asia, including Indonesia.
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The United States and Mexico Meth Center
According to the UNODC, the consumption of Crystal Meth synthetic drugs is currently increasing drastically. It is not known exactly where the main producing countries are, because these synthetic drugs are easy to make in-home laboratories. Data shows police in the United States raided 12,000 such laboratories. The US and Mexico confiscated about 80 percent of the 144 tonnes of meth confiscated worldwide.