Kampala drug trafficking go to Karachi

Drugs are being transited through Uganda to Europe and United States. Drug trafficking and abuse has risen in many countries and Uganda has been one of the countries that have been affected by drug trafficking. Drugs are smuggled by both sea and air. Traffickers go to Karachi, Pakistan, Afghanistan to ship drugs in to East Africa and later transported to other countries.
Drug smuggling through East Africa has had an impact on the people. They have been reported as victims of a global heroin trade by the drug experts. According to experts, heroin and a lot of drugs are penetrating Africa. The United Nations Office of drugs and crime has reported an increase in the number of heroin seized in Kenya in the last five years.

A lot of drugs are argued to be in transit to Europe but unknown amount of it is said to stay in the country and sold to locals. Although there has been a big number of drug seizure in the country, not strong convictions have been given to those who were caught using or smuggling drugs.

According to United Nations Office Drug report, drug trafficking through West Africa is known to have started in 2004. Drug trafficking through East Africa from Pakistan via Kenya shores through to Uganda to the rest of other countries is said to have started in 2007. Trafficking through West Africa was argued to have increased rapidly between 2004 until 2007 but was later reported to have fallen between 2008 to 2009.

The World Drug Report estimates the number of drug users in the past year aged between 15-64 in Africa, specifically East Africa as Cannabis users 9,190,000, Opiate 1,730,000 but Cocaine and other drugs could not be calculated. The United Nations Office Drug commented on the lack of information in some countries limiting the understanding of drug problem.

If people do not understand the problem, it could have a big impact to them as they do not know to what extent it could affect them. Drug treatment is so limited in Africa (Uganda), the fact that people may not understand it as a problem but a responsibility that people put on themselves and so they have to deal with it.