80 percent of all arrests in Japan involve methamphetamines

Posted on April 27, 2008
Filed Under Asia, global drug trade |

Japan is one of the world’s largest markets for methamphetamines with approximately 80 percent of all drug arrests in Japan involved methamphetamines.

Source: 2007 International Narcotics Control Strategy, “Southeast Asia: Japan,”, United States Department of State, March 2007.

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