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Figure 7: Seizure of Ganja being carried in Ambulance
India also faces a huge problem of Synthetic Drugs like Mephedrone, Amphetamine Type Substances (ATS), New Psychoactive Substances (NPS). From the seizure data it is observed that activities related to illicit manufacturing and trafficking of such psychotropic substances are mostly prevalent in states of Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu, as
these states have a large base of small and medium chemical and pharma industries which can be easily used by drug cartels to manufacture such illicit Drugs. The North- Eastern States of India face the problem of Synthetic Drugs due to their borders with Myanmar, which is one of the major producers of synthetic drugs, especially Methamphetamine.
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