ABUSE of party drugs is growing in the region, especially in East and South-east Asia, the world's largest market for amphetamine type stimulants (ATS), according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.

To combat this, Mr Victor Lye, a member of the National Council Against Drug Abuse, said that it was important that drug enforcement agencies cooperate to curb the production and trafficking of such illicit drugs.

He was speaking on Monday to some 20 delegates at the Central Narcotics Bureau-Australian Federal Police joint training programme at the Parkroyal Hotel.