India still on US’s list of 23 major drug transit or producing nations, China back after 18 yrs

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The document released Friday also names other countries, including Pakistan, Afghanistan, Myanmar, Colombia, Jamaica, Laos, Mexico, Nicaragua and Venezuela, among others, as drug trafficking countries. This comes after the US amended its definition of ‘drug source countries’ to include “source countries of precursor chemicals used to produce illicit drugs”. The Biden administration has also been cracking down on the fentanyl “overdose epidemic” rampant across the US and, earlier this month, announced more than $450 million in new funding to combat this crisis. New Delhi: India and China were among 23 major drug transit or producing countries named by US President...