Source: CEN
Cambodian Express News has quoted figures from local and international health organisations which said that, currently, Cambodia has approximately 50,000 users of the addicted "Ya Ma" or the amphetamine, a drug which was originated from Thailand.
Without naming the local or the international health organisations, CEN said that these figures represent 28% of the total 14 million population of Cambodia. But, it said that a UN study had found that only 6% of the Cambodia population used amphetamine or metamphetamine. It said the study found that most users are youth or pre-teens who want to experience with drugs.
CEN said that in the past, these drugs came from Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia or Burma, but this is not the case anymore as drug labs have sprung up in Cambodia in significant numbers in recent years.
The report said that drug productions in Cambodia had nearly reached the level seen in Burma's golden triangle. It said, recently, a big drug lab has been found in Cambodia with the capacity to produce 10,000 amphetamine or metamphetamine tablets per hour and this drug lab is in operation 24 hours per day. With this sort of operation, this lab has the capacity to produce about 250,000 amphetamine tablets per week or 1.5 to 2 million tablets per year.
CEN also said that at least one drug lab had been found each week across Cambodia, especially along the Krovanh (Cardamon) Mountains and in farms in Kampong Speu province. These areas are known to have been abundant in wild sassafras or farmed sassafras trees, a raw ingredient used to produce amphetamine or ecstasy tablets.
In the last few years, the authority had cracked down on may makeshift drug factory that process sassasfras trees to produce sassasfras oil, an ingredient needed for the production of amphetmanine or ecstasy tablets.
Without naming the local or the international health organisations, CEN said that these figures represent 28% of the total 14 million population of Cambodia. But, it said that a UN study had found that only 6% of the Cambodia population used amphetamine or metamphetamine. It said the study found that most users are youth or pre-teens who want to experience with drugs.
CEN said that in the past, these drugs came from Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia or Burma, but this is not the case anymore as drug labs have sprung up in Cambodia in significant numbers in recent years.
The report said that drug productions in Cambodia had nearly reached the level seen in Burma's golden triangle. It said, recently, a big drug lab has been found in Cambodia with the capacity to produce 10,000 amphetamine or metamphetamine tablets per hour and this drug lab is in operation 24 hours per day. With this sort of operation, this lab has the capacity to produce about 250,000 amphetamine tablets per week or 1.5 to 2 million tablets per year.
CEN also said that at least one drug lab had been found each week across Cambodia, especially along the Krovanh (Cardamon) Mountains and in farms in Kampong Speu province. These areas are known to have been abundant in wild sassafras or farmed sassafras trees, a raw ingredient used to produce amphetamine or ecstasy tablets.
In the last few years, the authority had cracked down on may makeshift drug factory that process sassasfras trees to produce sassasfras oil, an ingredient needed for the production of amphetmanine or ecstasy tablets.
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