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Detailed explanation-1: -Indian Ocean Region (IOR) Interior Ministers met on 4th November 2016 in a high-level meeting in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The resolution was adopted by 18 littoral states to make IOR, a ‘Drug-Free Zone, ’ and the resolution came to be known as the Colombo Declaration.
Detailed explanation-2: -Drugs from the Golden Triangle are being smuggled not only to Southeast Asia and beyond but also to nearby India. The northeastern Indian states of Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, and Mizoram share their borders with Myanmar, and drug addiction is a major problem in all those states.
Detailed explanation-3: -South Asia-comprising Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka-is wedged between the world’s two largest areas of illicit poppy cultivation, commonly referred to as the Golden Crescent and the Golden Triangle.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Golden Triangle includes parts of Burma, China, Laos, and Thailand. It provides ideal conditions for opium cultivation, which began during the 16th and 17th centuries.
Detailed explanation-5: -This article traces patterns of opium production in the Golden Crescent, which is the slice of the opium-producing area that cuts across Iran, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. This has now become one of the most important opium-producing centers of the world.