World Drug Report 2004

Each year, an estimated 185 million people around the world, in both developed and developing countries (three per cent of the world's population) consume illicit drugs. Countless more people are involved in the production and trafficking of illicit drugs, and still more are touched by the devastating social and economic costs of this trade. In conjunction with the International Day against Drug Abuse, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has produced this two-volume report on the international illicit drug situation. The first volume considers the current position and policy landscape and gives detailed analysis of trends in the markets for opium/heroin, coca/cocaine, cannabis and amphetamine-type stimulants; and the second volume contains detailed statistics on production, seizures, prices and consumption.