World Drug Report 2010

In 2009, the United Nations Member States decided to make further and decisive progress, within a decade, in controlling illicit drug supply and demand. Many illicit drug markets have reached global dimensions and require control strategies on a comparable scale. In that context, there is a need to better understand these transnational markets and the manner in which they operate. This year's World Drug Report is a contribution towards that objective. It opens with an analytical discussion of three key transnational drug markets: the markets for heroin, cocaine and amphetamine-type stimulants. The market discussion is followed by a presentation of statistical trends for all major drug categories. The latest information on drug production, seizures and consumption is presented. Finally, there is a discussion on the relationship between drug trafficking and instability.

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Main problem drugs by region

Main global heroin flows

Main global cocaine flows

ATS seizure trends

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CONTENTS

1. Transnational drug market analysis

1.1 Introduction
1.2 The global heroin market
1.3 The global cocaine market
1.4 The global amphetamine-type stimulants market

2. Drug statistics and trends

2.1 Understanding the extent and nature of drug use
2.2 Opium/heroin
2.3 Coca/cocaine
2.4 Cannabis
2.5 Amphetamine-type stimulants

3. The destabilizing influence of drug trafficking on transit countries: The case of cocaine

4. Statistical annex

4.1 Production
4.2 Consumption

Further statistical information on seizures and prices

Prices
Drug seizures (by drug class and country)
Laboratory seizures (by drug class and country)
Global and regional seizure totals for: ATS - cannabis herb - cannabis resin - cocaine - ecstasy - heroin and morphine - opium - opiates
Youth/school surveys of drug use: Amphetamines - cannabis - cocaine - ecstasy - heroin

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World Drug Report 2010