Heroin In U.S. Comes From Afghanistan, Mexico: UN

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Heroin consumed in the United States comes mainly from Afghanistan and Mexico, members of the UN's Inteational Narcotics Control Board (INCB), said in Mexico City on Wednesday.

INCB's 2015 report, which was presented in Vienna on Wednesday, also revealed that exporters of the vast amount of opium planted in Afghanistan have their eyes set on distribution in the United States' growing market, similar to heroin trafficked from Mexico, reports Reuters.

"In different parts of the United States there has been a resurgence in the consumption of heroin and Afghan heroin has an enormous production. They have more than 200 thousand hectares dedicated to the production of heroin in Afghanistan. The northe area of North America, Canada, is tuing into one of the areas of greatest reception. Likewise, we know a great production of heroin is coming from Mexico and now Afghanistan is looking for the market of the United States for the distribution and consumption of heroin," a member of the Inteational Narcotics Control Board, Alejandro Mohar, told a news conference.

Despite Mexico's presence in the heroin market, the country does not have a consumption problem, the National Commissioner against Addiction, Manuel Mondragon, said.

"Heroin is produced in Mexico and we fortunately don't consume it. Practically all exports, there are some groups, who consume it but we don't have a serious, not even a problem, I would say in that sense. The consumption of cocaine has increased. The same goes for marijuana," Mondragon said.

The report also stated that high consumption of heroin in the United States has contributed to a rise in mortality linked to this drug.

INCB's annual report also showed that a trend of consumption of classic drugs such as cannabis, cocaine and heroin has stabilised globally, while new synthetic substances have started to boom.

The report comes a few weeks after the UN General Assembly held several crucial meetings, in April last year, on the global strategy against drugs.

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