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03/12/20 11:40 AM IST

U.S.-India Counternarcotics meeting

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The officials of India and USA met virtually for the inaugural meeting of the U.S.-India Counternarcotics Working Group (CNWG) on November 24, 2020

Meeting Highlights
  • Both sides exchanged views on the broad array of narcotics-related challenges facing India and United States. 
  • They committed to strengthening their cooperation in curtailing the illegal production, manufacturing, trafficking, and distribution of pharmaceutical and illicit drugs, as well as the precursor chemicals used to manufacture them. 
  • The two sides also discussed initiatives to strengthen India’s regional leadership role in building capacity for counternarcotics initiatives in South Asia.
  • Countering regional cross-border drugs trafficking and crime through enhanced sharing of operational intelligence.
  • And expanding law enforcement cooperation on counternarcotics issues.
  • Both sides also agreed to cooperate and assist each other in the arena of drug treatment and awareness against drug abuse.
  • India and United States agreed to enhance their data sharing operations to combat the production, distribution, diversion, and export/import of drugs and precursor chemicals.
  • Both sides agreed to continue these discussions at the CNWG meeting in the spring of 2021.

Drug Challenges as per united nation offence on drug and crime
  • Death among injecting drug users.
  • Trends and patterns of drug trafficking in South Asia 
  • Trafficking of heroin from Pakistan and Afghanistan into India.
  • Further trafficking from India to neighbouring countries of South Asia, Europe and the American continent.
  • Illicit cultivation as well as wild growth of cannabis in India. 
Addressing drug challanges
  • Community based treatment
  • Drug dependence treatment and rehabilitation in prison settings
  • Role of drug dependence treatment and rehabilitation on HIV and AIDS prevention and care
  • Sustainable livelihoods for reintegration and rehabilitation

Source : PIB

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