London, Aug. 18.
The world's iMlicit drug trafic is still huge, although last year there was a marked decreased in world narcotic production, according the report of the General Opium Board which is being submitted to the League.
Phe decrease in. production ap~ plies to all narcotics and drugs with the exception of heroin, which the most dangerous of all drugs. The production of morphine pro-Jducts in 1929, was 121,769 Ibs. which figure was reduced by 46,033 Tbs, in "1980, Cocaine production dropped from 12,000 Ibs. in 1929, 17,000 Ibs, in 1930, Britain, Switzerland, Ttaly, the United States and Japan all. show= Jed decreases in production in 1930 but Getmany and France showed considerably increated production. Statistics are incomplete for the reason that neither Turkey nor Rosin submit figures to the League.
Discrepancies between Turkey's alleged exportation to certain coun= tries and the import figures of these countries as submitted to the Board indicate that tremendous amounts of narcotics are going into illicit tref, Aug. 18, Reports of seizures of drugs {from the British Dominions (parti~ jeularly India), the colonies, the United States, Egypt, and other show there was little if any diminution of the it drug traffic generally in 1930. ict traffic im cocaine from the Far East continues to give concern, ac= cording to the British Govern-report to the League of Nations on traffic in opium and lather dangerous drugs' for 1080.
AS an illustration of the enorm~ Jous demand for drugs: for traffic the report says an inquiry was recently received from Japan by firms in London for the ship~ ment of 1,400 kilogrammes of heroin to Shanghai regards China the report Jdraws attention to the difficulty Jexperienced regarding applications Hfor permission to export drugs for medicinal purposes because, as far Jas was ascertainable, the recent. [Chinese law whereunder import. certificates must_be issued by the Ministry of the Interior after consultation with the Opium Suppres-Committee, had not been put into effective. operation.
The report says the work of the Home Office in dealing with exports lof drugs to China would be greatly facilitated by a definite statement by the Chinese Government of the authorised procedure for the issue of import Ticences-—Reuter.
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