In-depth analysis’ is a strategic and action-oriented analysis of the information available on Europe’s illicit drug markets. It takes a broad view of these markets from production and trafficking, to distribution and use. It provides a holistic and systemic perspective, capturing key aspects of the wider security and public health consequences of drug markets, as well as the main factors driving change and new threats (EMCDDA)
Bibliography: Production and Supply
Europe’s changing role in expanding cocaine and methamphetamine markets
In an in-depth look at the cocaine and methamphetamine markets, the agencies point to increased production activities in Europe and how collaboration between criminal groups worldwide is creating new security threats and expanding the market (EMCDDA)
Coca Growing, Cocaine Production Reach New Heights in Honduras
Coca farms and cocaine production camps are proliferating in Honduras, showing that the illicit crop has taken root in the country after years of low-level experimentation InSight Crime)
Women in the cocaine supply chain
The series Cocaine Insights, developed by UNODC in the framework of the CRIMJUST programme and in cooperation with partners and stakeholders at national, regional and international levels, delivers the latest knowledge and trends on issues related to cocaine markets in an accessible and informative format (UNODC)
How People Living in Canada Consume and Acquire Cannabis
Assessing Progress in Minimizing Harms and Establishing a Safe Supply Chain – Report at a Glance (CCSA)
Synthetic Drug Strategy 2021-2025
The UNODC Synthetic Drug Strategy presents a framework for action to address this global problem (UNODC)
Afghan opiates supply 8 out of 10 opiate users worldwide
The opium harvest in Afghanistan increased by eight per cent in 2021 compared to last year, to 6,800 tons, which could lead to markets around the globe being flooded with around 320 tons of pure heroin trafficked from the country – report (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime)
Between Prohibition and Regulation
Narrative Analysis of Cannabis Policy Debate in Africa (GDPO)
Methamphetamine from Afghanistan
‘signals indicate that Europe should be better prepared’, says new EMCDDA report
Legal Regulation of drugs through a social justice lens
15 key priorities to be included in legal regulation policy that will directly impact and strengthen sustainable development and global equity (Health Poverty Action)
ONDCP Releases Data on Coca Cultivation and Potential Cocaine Production in the Andean Region
The Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) released the results of the annual United States Government estimates measuring coca cultivation and potential cocaine production for the Republic of Colombia, the Republic of Peru, and the Plurinational State of Bolivia
BC legal cannabis sales grow briskly: report
Cannabis products in BC are getting cheaper and more potent, and its year-over-year sales have doubled between 2019 and 2020, according to a new report from the Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research (CISUR)
Drug Cryptomarkets in the 2020s
Policy, Enforcement, Harm, and Resilience (gdpo)
Trends in cryptomarkets drug listings January 2020 – January 2021
This bulletin series reports on trends in the availability and type of substances sold on the internet via cryptomarkets over the last 13 months (NDRC)
Methamphetamine developments in South Asia
The situation in Iran and the implications for the EU and its neighbours — EU4MD special report (EMCDDA)
Impact of COVID-19 on drug markets, use, harms and drug services in the community and prisons
The results from this study provide a first glimpse into new developments emerging both during and in response to the pandemic, and which could have important implications for the future (EMCDDA)
Narcotic Drugs – Estimated World Requirements for 2021
The Report of the International Narcotics Control Board for 2020
Methamphetamine developments in South Asia: the situation in Iran and the implications for the EU and its neighbours — EU4MD special report
The report is the result of research conducted under the EU4Monitoring Drugs (EU4MD) project, funded by the European Commission (EMCDDA)
‘High rollers’ A study of criminal profits along Australia’s heroin and methamphetamine supply chains
This report helps develop an understanding of the quantum of profits being made and where in the value chain they occur. Australians spent approximately A$5.8 billion on methamphetamine and A$470 million on heroin in FY 2019 (ASPI)
Impact of darknet market seizures on opioid availability
Data collected throughout 2019 from 12 large darknet markets that sold opioids enabled observation of the impact of law enforcement seizures and voluntary or scam market closures on the availability of fentanyl and other opioids (Australia Institute of Criminology)
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