This monograph, a collaboration between the National Cancer Institute and WHO, examines the current research and evidence base surrounding the economics of tobacco control—including tobacco use, tobacco growing, manufacturing and trade, tobacco product taxes and prices, and tobacco control policies and other interventions to reduce tobacco use and its consequences (WHO)
Bibliography: Production and Supply
DrugScope library archive
Wellcome Institute
Diversion & illicit supply of medicines
The ACMD’s report on diversion and illicit supply of medicines (DISM) is in response to the Home Office’s commissioning letter of September 2013, in which the then Home Secretary requested the ACMD to explore the potential for medical and social harms arising from the illicit supply of medicines – predominantly controlled medicines (ACMD)
The public health burden of alcohol: evidence review
This review looks at the impact of alcohol on the public health and the effectiveness of alcohol control policies (Public Health England)
Afghanistan Opium Survey 2016 (PDF)
This Executive Summary presents the key findings of the Afghanistan Opium Survey 2016. The full report on cultivation and production will be published in November 2016 and a separate report presenting the results of the socio-economic survey will be published early 2017 (UNODC)
Colombia: Drugs and the Peace Agreement
On August 24th, after more than four years of negotiations, the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) signed a peace agreement that will, pending a referendum on October 2nd, bring to an end more than sixty years of armed conflict (Global Drug Policy Observatory)
Internet-facilitated drugs trade
An analysis of the size, scope and the role of the Netherlands (RAND)
Turkey successfully legalised and regulated its opium production. Could Mexico?
That’s the question asked by the governor of the biggest opium-producing state in Mexico – a state which, unsurprisingly, is also one of the most violent (open Democracy)
Changes in Europe’s cannabis resin market
This analysis describes how the supply of cannabis resin in Europe is changing in response to competition and other market developments (EMCDDA)
Cocaine trafficking to Europe
This analysis provides an insight into the European cocaine market, the trafficking routes used to bring it to Europe, and the different methods criminals employ to move their drugs (EMCDDA)
Strategies to prevent diversion of opioid substitution treatment medications
This analysis summarises the context of opioid substitution treatment in Europe, what diversion is and what current measures are being implemented to reduce it, and considers the implications for the future (EMCDDA)
Ireland: national report for 2015
Drug markets and crime – PDF (Health Research Board. Irish Focal Point to the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and
Drug Addiction)
ACT Trends in Ecstasy and Related Drug Markets 2015
Findings from the Ecstasy and Related Drugs Reporting System (EDRS)
Through a Broken Glass, Darkly; Drug Policy and the War in Afghanistan
Policy Report 5 – March 2016 (Global Drug Policy Observatory)
Model-based appraisal of the comparative impact of Minimum Unit Pricing and taxation policies in Scotland
An adaptation of the Sheffield Alcohol Policy Model version 3 (University of Sheffield)
Effect of policy, economics, and the changing alcohol marketplace on alcohol related deaths in England and Wales
The economic downturn and rises in alcohol taxation seem to have stemmed the persistent rise in alcohol related deaths in England and Wales (BMJ)
EU Drug Markets Report
The 2016 EU Drug Markets Report provides a unique insight into the operation of illicit drug markets in the EU. The report assesses the impact of the drug market on society and the factors driving it. It explores the market for cannabis, heroin, cocaine, amphetamines, MDMA and new psychoactive substances (EMCDDA)
CentAm Still Dominant Cocaine Route Into US: State Dept
The US State Department’s newest drug report states that the majority of cocaine that enters the US first moves through Central America, an assertion that raises important questions about the effectiveness of US anti-drug programs in the region (InSight Crime)
A regulated cannabis market for the UK
This groundbreaking report sets out how the legal production and supply of cannabis could work in the UK. It was established in the autumn by Liberal Democrat Health spokesperson Norman Lamb MP. The expert panel was chaired by Steve Rolles, Senior Policy Analyst from Transform Drug Policy Foundation
After the Drug Wars
Report of the LSE Expert Group on the Economics of Drug Policy
