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European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction. (2015) Perspectives on drugs: opioid trafficking routes from Asia to Europe. Lisbon: European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction.

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Imported heroin has historically been available in Europe in two forms, the most common being brown heroin (its chemical base form), originating mainly in Afghanistan and other countries in south-west Asia. Less common is white heroin (a salt form), which historically came from south-east Asia but is now also produced in Afghanistan and probably in neighbouring Iran and Pakistan. This region, sometimes referred to as the Golden Crescent, dominates production for the European market.


Item Type
Report
Publication Type
International, Report
Drug Type
Opioid
Intervention Type
Crime prevention
Source
Date
June 2015
Pages
7 p.
Publisher
European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction
Corporate Creators
European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction
Place of Publication
Lisbon
EndNote
Accession Number
HRB (Electronic Only)

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