Drug Abuse in the Global Village
Drug Abuse in Asia
Supply Sources of Drugs in the Pacific

SUPPLY SOURCE OF DRUGS

AUSTRALIA
Drugs imported to Australia originate from a number of sources. Cannabis is the most frequently abused drug in Australia and originates mainly from local plantations, although some originates from South East Asia, South West Asia and the Middle East (i.e., Lebanon). Most of the amphetamines, the second most prevalent drug abused in Australia, are produced locally. Heroin is imported from the Golden Triangle of South East Asia primarily and secondarily from the Golden Crescent area in South West Asia and the Middle East (i.e., Lebanon). Cocaine is predominantly imported from North and South America, although it may go through other transit countries (Australia 1993).

FIJI
Fiji is reported as an important trafficking point in the Pacific. Cannabis is grown by some farmers as a commercial crop, instead of traditional food crops because of the monetary attractions in the illicit drug trade. Cannabis is reported to grow in many parts of Fiji, mainly in the Western Division (Fiji 1993).

FRENCH POLYNESIA
Cannabis plants and herbal cannabis seized in French Polynesia are locally grown, whereas cannabis resin is trafficked into the country. Hallucinogenic mushrooms are locally picked, and LSD is trafficked from abroad (U.N. 1988).

NAURU
No information reported by 31st December 1993.

NEW CALEDONIA
All seized cannabis in 1990 were of local origin (U.N. 1990).

NEW ZEALAND
Cannabis is grown illicitly throughout New Zealand. Almost 98 per cent of the harvest is abused locally. Southeast Asian cannabis is also reported trafficked into New Zealand (ESCAP 1991). Liquid cannabis is reported manufactured throughout the country, mostly in urban areas, and illicit cannabis resin production has been detected. It is reported that heroin, morphine, amphetamine etc. are also locally manufactured (ESCAP 1991). A steady increase of LSD trafficking is reported, from United States (50 per cent) and Netherlands (ESCAP 1991).

PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Wild growth as well as cultivation of cannabis is reported throughout the country (Papua New Guinea 1993).

SOLOMON ISLANDS
Cannabis or Indian Hemp has been introduced into the Solomon Islands by expatriates (Solomon 1993). It is reported that Solomon Islands is being used as a transit point for drug trafficking to Australia (Solomon 1993).

TONGA
No information reported in Annual Reports Questionnaire by 31st December 1993.

WESTERN SAMOA