World Drug Report 2009

PREFACE......Page 7
INTRODUCTION......Page 11
EXPLANATORY NOTES......Page 12
Global trends in drug production......Page 15
Global trends in drug consumption......Page 20
Confronting unintended consequences: Drug control and the criminal black market......Page 24
1. Improving the quality of drug data......Page 27
2. Trends in drug use among youngpeople: what do we know?......Page 29
3. Police-recorded drug offences......Page 35
1. TRENDS IN THE WORLD DRUG MARKETS......Page 37
1.1 Opium / heroin market......Page 39
1.2 Coca / cocaine market......Page 69
1.3 Cannabis market......Page 95
1.4 Amphetamine-type stimulants market......Page 121
2. Confronting unintended consequences:DRUG CONTROL AND THE CRIMINAL BLACK MARKET......Page 167
2.1 Why illicit drugs must remain illicit......Page 169
2.2 Move beyond reactive law enforcement......Page 172
2.3 Create flow-specific drug strategies......Page 178
2.4 Strengthen international resistanceto drug markets......Page 185
2.5 Take the crime out of drug markets......Page 188
3. STATISTICAL ANNEX......Page 191
3.1 Production......Page 193
3.2 Seizures......Page 219
3.3 Seizures of illicit laboratories......Page 220
3.4 Prices......Page 221
3.5 Consumption......Page 241
3.6 Youth and school surveys......Page 271
3.7 Drug-related crime......Page 292
4. METHODOLOGY......Page 297