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![New Highs in Narcotics From Myanmar Flooding Assam New Highs in Narcotics From Myanmar Flooding Assam](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2021-06-22-7.jpg)
New Highs in Narcotics From Myanmar Flooding Assam
By Rajeev Bhattacharya
Brown sugar, Heroin no 4 and Yaba top the narcotics flowing into India from Myanmar
![Why Malaysia’s New Proposal Could Change Southeast Asia’s Drugs Debate Why Malaysia’s New Proposal Could Change Southeast Asia’s Drugs Debate](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-malaysia-philippines-mahathir-duterte.jpg)
Why Malaysia’s New Proposal Could Change Southeast Asia’s Drugs Debate
By Preeti Jha
A move to decriminalize personal drug use and possession could help to shift the regional discourse on drugs.
![Yaba: The Red Pills and the Rohingya Yaba: The Red Pills and the Rohingya](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ap_18146491323454.jpg)
Yaba: The Red Pills and the Rohingya
By Siddharthya Roy
Bangladesh’s cities are awash with red methamphetamine pills that come in from Myanmar.
![An Ex-Addict’s Journey from Bhutanese Prison to Thai Kitchen An Ex-Addict’s Journey from Bhutanese Prison to Thai Kitchen](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-unnamed-1.jpg)
An Ex-Addict’s Journey from Bhutanese Prison to Thai Kitchen
By Sonam Yangchen, Chencho Dema and Vishal Arora
One step at a time.
![Rising Outrage Over Duterte’s War on Drugs in the Philippines Rising Outrage Over Duterte’s War on Drugs in the Philippines](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-07-13_15-37-24.jpg)
Rising Outrage Over Duterte’s War on Drugs in the Philippines
By Mong Palatino
A reported surge of extrajudicial killings victimizing children has exacerbated concerns about the campaign.
![“Deep Web” Drug Peddling Site Atlantis Begins Advertising Push “Deep Web” Drug Peddling Site Atlantis Begins Advertising Push](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/sizes/thumbnail/7640_5243b71410482.jpg)
“Deep Web” Drug Peddling Site Atlantis Begins Advertising Push
Website offers illegal drugs online, promises “no fees, next day delivery.”
![A New Player in the Narcotics Trade A New Player in the Narcotics Trade](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/sizes/thumbnail/4437_5243988752945.jpg)
A New Player in the Narcotics Trade
Indonesia’s National Narcotics Agency is concerned Iranian drug syndicates are using asylum seekers as smugglers.
![The New War on Drugs: ASEAN Style The New War on Drugs: ASEAN Style](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/sizes/thumbnail/cambodia.jpg)
The New War on Drugs: ASEAN Style
By Tom Fawthrop
ASEAN nations are stepping up their fight against illegal drugs as other parts of the world are taking a much different approach.
![Laos’ Murky War on Drugs Laos’ Murky War on Drugs](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/sizes/thumbnail/10015_524a2dd6c1ee4.jpg)
Laos’ Murky War on Drugs
Laos has vowed to be drug free by 2015. But the Somsanga ‘treatment centre’ offers a glimpse into a world of abuse, beatings and suicide.
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