{"id":38483,"date":"2026-07-01T07:51:45","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T05:51:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=38483"},"modified":"2026-07-01T07:51:45","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T05:51:45","slug":"un-warns-global-drug-trade-growing-more-dangerous","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/un-warns-global-drug-trade-growing-more-dangerous\/","title":{"rendered":"UN warns global drug trade growing more dangerous"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The global drug trade is becoming more complex, unpredictable and dangerous, as synthetic drugs spread into new markets and traffickers develop ever more potent substances.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>That is according to the 2026 World Drug Report from the United Nations (UN) Office on Drugs and Crime, which highlights a rapidly evolving crisis driven by synthetic opioids, gaps in treatment, and growing links between conflict and drug trafficking.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>In an interview with <i>UN News<\/i><i>,<\/i>\u00a0the report&#8217;s lead Researcher, Chlo\u00e9 Carpentier, says adolescents, women and people in humanitarian settings are among the most at risk.<\/p>\n<div>She calls for stronger international co-operation to respond to the changing drug landscape.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211;Channel Africa&#8211;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":22276,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-38483","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"Global drug trade becoming more complex","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/38483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/38483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38484,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/38483\/revisions\/38484"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=38483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}