India, May 15 -- The Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) on Friday held its annual RN Kao Memorial Lecture, with Union home minister Amit Shah delivering the address on the theme 'Narcotics: A Borderless Threat, A Collective Responsibility'.

Shah stressed that drug trafficking was not merely a law and order issue but one with lasting damage to society and future generations. He warned that drug abuse causes permanent harm to the human body, and that drug money fuels terrorist networks, criminal organisations, and a parallel economy.

He cautioned that if nations did not act together now, the damage caused by drugs would be irreversible within a decade.

The home minister called for a unified global legal framework to tackle the issue, argu...