New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) Young gamers are at risk in South-East Asia, including India, with criminals using the same structure of online casinos to gamify online gambling and make it appealing to them. The dangerous mix of online gaming’s highly addictive nature and mobile accessibility is putting young users at risk, a new report released in Bangkok, Thailand, by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on Tuesday said.“The line between online gaming and online gambling is beco…
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Islamabad, June 29 (IANS) Pakistan has been witnessing a rise in online sale of narcotics in recent years with the digital transactions making it easier to access drugs. Youngsters in Pakistan are not only consuming drugs but are also being manipulated into becoming drug couriers, a report has detailed. Drugs traffickers are using technologies and global instability to introduce novel drugs and aggressively sell them in new markets, an editorial in leading Pakistani daily ‘The News International…
Islamabad, Feb 28 (IANS) Pakistan is grappling with a worsening crisis of youth drug abuse and rising suicide rates, according to local media reports citing a 2025 systematic review of rehabilitation cases. The study found that heroin accounts for 48 per cent of substance abuse cases among young users, while cannabis makes up 28 per cent, underscoring the alarming scale and severity of addiction among the country’s youth population.According to the study, thirty-five per cent began using drugs…