Jump in opium imports suggests the ancient drug’s possible comeback in Australia
by Nino Bucci Justice and courts reporter from World news | The Guardian on (#6HDRZ)
AFP unable to rule out whether users are visiting modern opium dens to buy and consume the drug
One of Australia's emerging niche drugs in 2023 happens to be one of the country's oldest.
About 180 years after opium was first imported into the country, the Australian federal police seized more than double the amount of the drug this year than in 2022. It is also almost six times the amount seized in 2021.
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