Synthetic drugs pose new challenge
<p><span word="Various">Various</span> <span word="types">types</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="precursor">precursor</span> <span word="chemicals">chemicals</span>, <span word="used">used</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="raw">raw</span> <span word="materials">materials</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="make">make</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="growingly">growingly</span> <span word="popular">popular</span> <span word="synthetic">synthetic</span> <span word="drugs">drugs</span>, <span word="present">present</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="challenge">challenge</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="anti">anti</span>-<span word="drug">drug</span> <span word="campaign">campaign</span>, <span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="senior">senior</span> <span word="police">police</span> <span word="officer">officer</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Southwest">Southwest</span> <span word="China">China</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Yunnan">Yunnan</span> <span word="province">province</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="province">province</span>, <span word="where">where</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="drugs">drugs</span> <span word="seized">seized</span> <span word="usually">usually</span> <span word="account">account</span> <span word="for">for</span> 70 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="total">total</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="China">China</span>, <span word="impounded">impounded</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="record">record</span> 14 <span word="tons">tons</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="drugs">drugs</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="year">year</span>, <span word="up">up</span> 45 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="from">from</span> 2010, <span word="Meng">Meng</span> <span word="Sutie">Sutie</span>, <span word="director">director</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="provincial">provincial</span> <span word="public">public</span> <span word="security">security</span> <span word="bureau">bureau</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="interview">interview</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="week">week</span>.</p><p><span word="Eight">Eight</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> 14 <span word="tons">tons</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="synthetic">synthetic</span> <span word="drugs">drugs</span>, <span word="such">such</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="methamphetamine">methamphetamine</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="ecstasy">ecstasy</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="rest">rest</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="traditional">traditional</span> <span word="drugs">drugs</span> <span word="such">such</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="heroin">heroin</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="opium">opium</span>.</p><p><span word="By">By</span> <span word="comparison">comparison</span>, <span word="authorities">authorities</span> <span word="seized">seized</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 4 <span word="tons">tons</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="synthetic">synthetic</span> <span word="drugs">drugs</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2010, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="previous">previous</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="few">few</span> <span word="hundred">hundred</span> <span word="kilograms">kilograms</span> <span word="annually">annually</span>.</p><p>"<span word="Synthetic">Synthetic</span> <span word="drugs">drugs</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="breaking">breaking</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="tremendous">tremendous</span> <span word="force">force</span>," <span word="Meng">Meng</span> <span word="said">said</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="synthetic">synthetic</span> <span word="drugs">drugs</span> <span word="seized">seized</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Yunnan">Yunnan</span> <span word="come">come</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Myanmar">Myanmar</span>, <span word="he">he</span> <span word="added">added</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="province">province</span> <span word="shares">shares</span> <span word="a">a</span> 4,061-<span word="kilometer">kilometer</span> <span word="border">border</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="Myanmar">Myanmar</span>, <span word="Laos">Laos</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Vietnam">Vietnam</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="together">together</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="Thailand">Thailand</span> <span word="make">make</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="the">the</span> "<span word="Golden">Golden</span> <span word="Triangle">Triangle</span>" <span word="of">of</span> <span word="poppy">poppy</span> <span word="cultivation">cultivation</span>.</p><p><span word="Traffickers">Traffickers</span> <span word="transported">transported</span> <span word="less">less</span> <span word="opiates">opiates</span> <span word="such">such</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="heroin">heroin</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="opium">opium</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="Yunnan">Yunnan</span> <span word="because">because</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="multinational">multinational</span> <span word="crackdowns">crackdowns</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="poppy">poppy</span> <span word="cultivation">cultivation</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="recent">recent</span> <span word="years">years</span>.</p><p>"<span word="Drug">Drug</span> <span word="traffickers">traffickers</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Myanmar">Myanmar</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="turning">turning</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="producing">producing</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="synthetic">synthetic</span> <span word="drugs">drugs</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="easier">easier</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="make">make</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="less">less</span> <span word="money">money</span>," <span word="he">he</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="Using">Using</span> <span word="various">various</span> <span word="precursor">precursor</span> <span word="chemicals">chemicals</span>, <span word="underground">underground</span> <span word="labs">labs</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Myanmar">Myanmar</span> <span word="extract">extract</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="produce">produce</span> <span word="synthetic">synthetic</span> <span word="drugs">drugs</span>, <span word="such">such</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="methamphetamine">methamphetamine</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="mainly">mainly</span> <span word="smuggled">smuggled</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="China">China</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Thailand">Thailand</span>.</p>
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