Adopted a program for fighting drug addiction and drug trafficking. Alternatives to criminalization. Reducing the demand, supply and consumption of narcotics. Reduction in the number of people registered as drug addicts. The number of people with disorders of opiates and stimulants continues to drop each year. However, increase with cannabis and psychoactive substances. Drug use …
Kazakhstan
High level segment – Khazakstan representative
Kazakhstan is taking decisive measures. Combatting drug trafficking is an important part of our policy. Three parts to Kazakhstan’s problem: Transit of afghan heroin, presence of homegrown, and imported synthetic drugs from the west. UNODC estimates of afghan heroin put it at 50-90 tonnes of heroin. Our consumption market for heroin is quite small at 800kg a …
CND Day 5 – Kazakhstan on illicit drug traffic and supply and related measures
The delegation of Kazakhstan expressed its satisfaction with the CARICC (the Central Asian Regional Information Coordination Centre) and thanked partner governments and donors. Kazakhstan will try to avoid any duplication of efforts with other centres and thanked the UNODC for stepping up the capabilities.