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Heroin, party drugs from Myanmar coming to Manipur
Times of India | Oinam Sunil | TNN | Feb 26, 2013, 12.52 AM IST
Large quantities of pseudoephedrine hydrochloride (PH) drugs are being smuggled into Myanmar from India to make heroin, WY (world is yours) and other party drugs in the infamous "golden triangle". The joint director of Manipur AIDS Control Society (MACS), Abhiram Mongjam, said, "PH drugs are not consumed in Manipur. They are used as one of the ingredients for making heroin."
Over 40,000 people in Manipur are HIV positive and the majority of them are infected with the virus because of sharing needles while injecting drugs. L Deepak, president of the Manipur Network of Positive People, said smuggling of tablets containing these drugs to different Southeast Asian countries help drug lords flourish in their trade.
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