text: Europealsoservedasimportation points inlhetraffic. Cocaine wasalso smuggled through thepostofficemallsandonecocaine laboratory hadbeen detected inCanadain1984. 43.Awiderangeofchemical drugsincluding LSD,MDA,PCP,amphetamines. methamphetamines, barbiturates andhallucinogenic mushrooms wereavailable. Twoclandestine methamphetamine laboratories hadrecently beendetected. LSD wasparticularly widelyavailable atpresent. Cannabis resinandliquid cannabis werealsowidelyavailable. withcannabis entering fromJamaica, resinfromLebanon andliquidcannabis andresinfromMorocco. Again,the postalservices werefrequently usedforcannabis smuggling. 44.Therepresentative ofBruneidescribed anincrease indrugabuseand statedthatrecords showedthat70percentofabusers whohadcomelanotice since1978wereagedbetween 20and30years. Therewassomeabuseof heroin, opiumandcannabis but,since1983.aworrying problem ofabuseof volatile solvents hademerged and therepresentative askedlhatHONLRA consider howthisproblem couldbetackled.E/CN.7/1985/9 page12 45.Therepresentative ofThaIland described thedifficult situatIon facing theGovernment because ofThailand's proximity tomajorillicit opium-producing areas.withinThailand, illicit opiumcultivation and production wereestimated asstablewithabout17,000acresbeingcultivated inthetwomostrecentgrowing seasons producing anassessed 35tonsofopium peryear.Itwasassessed thatabout50percentoftheheroinmanufactured alongtheThai-Burma borderwasintercepted beforeitmovedintoThailand because ofstrongcountermeasures alongthefrontier areas; since1983many laboratories, chemicals andlargequantities ofequipment hadbeenseized. Similar severeactionhadbeenlakenagainstillicit cannabis cultivation in north-east Thailand neartheMekongriverandanestimated 1,500tonshad recently beendestroyed byBorderPatrolpersonnel alone. Heroinwas generally smuggled outbyairviaBangkok whilecannabis wasmovedonsea routes. 46.Enforcement actionwasconcentrating increasingly oneradication of illicit opiumpoppycultivation andonobtaining evidence leading tothe conviction ofmajortraffickers. TheGovernment maintained close intelligence andothercontacts wIthawIderangeofliaison officers and otherGovernments' agencies. Newlegislation nowbeingdrafted included provisions for:preventive detection, confiscation ofillegally-acquired assets. countering conspIracy, andwithdrawal ofpassports andothertravel documents. 47.Therepresentative orWestern Samoadescribed thesteadyincrease in drugcasesin1984,mainlyforpossession andcultivation ofcannabis. MaIn sources ofinwardsmuggling were:American Samoa, Hawall andtheUnited statesofAmerica. Localyouths whohadbeenabroad andyachtcrewswere increasingly involved inthetraffIc and.because 65percentofthe population ofWestern S~oawasunder21yearsofage,thiscausedthe authorities graveconcern. Therepresentative welcomed training assistance whichhadbeengivenandaskedformore,takingparticular account ofthe factthatWestern SamoawasIncreasingly likelytobeused as atransit poInt astrafficking groupstriedtodiversify theirroutes. 48.Insumming up,theChairman described acontinuing uphillbattledespite thegenerally successful seizures ofthepastyear.Itwasclearthatmuch moremustbedonetoprevent andreduceillicit demandinparallel with efforts toreducesupplyandtointerdict theillicittraffic. (c)Newlydeveloped legislative andadministrative measures tocounter theillicittraffic 49.Themeeting notedthatmanyGovernments hadadopted newlegislative and admInistrative measures whichhadbeenreported indescribing current trends intheillicittraffic. Themovement towards harmonization oflawswithin theregionwasparticularly apparent andinmanystatescapital punishment forserioustrafficking offences hadbeenadopted astheultimale deterrent. Itwasnotedthatpreventive detentIon continued, inStateswhereithadbeen adopted. toprovide anaddItional enforcement toolunderappropriate constitutional andothersafeguards. Theseandothermeasures indicated inc~eased publicconcern overthethreatfromtheillicittraffic.aE/CN.7/l98S/9 page13 50.InAustralia. tworecentRoyalCommissions onOrganized Crimehad,inter alia,resulted intheestabllsllmp.nl ofaNallonal CrimeAuthority to co-ordinate thealtackonorganited crime. JointTaskForceshadbeensetup andregula~ operalional contact wasmaintained between theFederal andstate PoliceandtheCustoms authorities. Coastal surveillance andprotection had
analysis: The text appears to be a report on drug trafficking and related issues in various countries. It discusses the different types of drugs being smuggled, the methods used to smuggle them, and the efforts of governments to combat the problem. The text also mentions the impact of drug abuse on society and the measures being taken to prevent and reduce drug demand.