Robert Nickelsberg
Overview
Over the past decade, attempts to address the overdose crisis in the U.S. have resulted in more restrictive opioid prescribing policies which, because they have reduced the overall availability of prescription opioids, have inadvertently led to a surge in the use of illicit drugs such as heroin.
Because these illicit opioids are often injected, they’re associated with higher rates of overdose than prescription painkillers, and, when unsterile injection equipment is used or shared, people are at risk of getting a serious infection or transmitting disease.
1 As of March 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention determined that 44 states; Washington, D.C.; one tribal nation; and one territory were experiencing or at risk of an acute hepatitis C virus (HCV) or HIV outbreak due to injection drug use.
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Dark Net Increasingly Being Used By Drug Traffickers In India, Crypto Currency Mode Of Payment: Report
by IANS - Feb 17, 2021 09:29 AM
Cyber security has been one of the biggest challenges in recent times for all nations (Yuri Samoilov/Flickr)
The role of the Dark Net has been a major concern of India s drug law enforcement agencies with the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) itself admitting in a secret note that the medium is being used increasingly here by drug traffickers.
The note, shared with a high-level committee consisting of 31 Parliamentarians, reveals that the changing pattern in the illegal trade is safer, compared to previous mediums used by the drug traffickers.
Drug traffickers in India increasingly using Dark Net
Tue, Feb 16 2021 06:38:59 PM
By Rajnish Singh
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS): The role of the Dark Net has been a major concern of India s drug law enforcement agencies with the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) itself admitting in a secret note that the medium is being used increasingly here by drug traffickers.
The note, shared with a high-level committee consisting of 31 Parliamentarians, reveals that the changing pattern in the illegal trade is safer, compared to previous mediums used by the drug traffickers. The drug traffickers are increasingly using the Dark Net for trafficking in drugs. Dark Net medium offers complete anonymity because of the use of onion routing and use of crypto currency for payment, says the note accessed by IANS.
(MENAFN - IANS) y Rajnish Singh
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) The role of the Dark Net has been a major concern of India s drug law enforcement agencies with the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) itself admitting in a secret note that the medium is being used increasingly here by drug traffickers.
The note, shared with a high-level committee consisting of 31 Parliamentarians, reveals that the changing pattern in the illegal trade is safer, compared to previous mediums used by the drug traffickers. The drug traffickers are increasingly using the Dark Net for trafficking in drugs. Dark Net medium offers complete anonymity because of the use of onion routing and use of crypto currency for payment, says the note accessed by IANS.