ADDICTIVE DRUGS ARE NOT PRODUCED IN LAOS, SAYS UN OFFICIAL

Vientiane, Feb.28

(VNA) -- Shaiq Bin Raza, resident representative of the UN Drug Control Programme has affirmed that it is groundless to say that addictive drugs are produced in Laos.

Raza made the remark at a meeting held in Vientiane on Tuesday to make public an annual report (2001) of the International Committee for Drug Control.

The report said that the illegal poppy farms had been sharply reduced as a result of the Government's efforts to eradicate poppy cultivation.

Read Complete Article Here