Iran’s Anti-Drug Police Squad stated that drug trafficking within the country creates $8.5 Billion in damages every year.

Source:  “Drug trafficking inflicts $8.5bn of damage on Iran’s economy annually,” Tehran Times, January 31, 2010.

Between 1998 and 2010, the tiger population in Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Burma/Myanmar dropped 70 percent, from 1,200 tigers in 1998 to 350 in 2010.

Source: AFP, “Mekong tiger population at ‘crisis point’: WWF,” Yahoo News, January 26, 2010.

In the 1900s, there were an estimated 100,000 wild tigers roaming the world.

In the 1980s, there were an estimated 20,000 wild tigers roaming the world.

At the start of 2010, there were an estimated 3,200 wild tigers roaming the world.

Source:  AFP, “Mekong tiger population at ‘crisis point’: WWF,” Yahoo News, January 26, 2010.

Between 2000 to 2010, the average age of a girl entering the prostitution industry in India was between 10 to 14 years old.  In previous decades, the average age was between 14 to 16 years old.

Source: “‘India becoming hub for child prostitution’,” Times of India, January 30, 2010.

Every day, an estimated 200 girls enter the prostitution industry in India.  20 percent of the girls are under the age of 15.

Source:  “‘India becoming hub for child prostitution’,” Times of India, January 30, 2010.

Between 5,000 to 7,000 Nepali girls are estimated to be trafficked into India each year.

Source: “‘India becoming hub for child prostitution’,” Times of India, January 30, 2010.

At the start of 2010, Colombia was the largest producer of Cocaine in the world, followed by Peru.

Source: Luis Andres Henao, “Latin America rejects old U.S. approach in drugs war,” Reuters, January 29, 2010.

At the start of 2010, Mexico was the largest Marijuana producing country in the world, followed by Paraguay.

Source:  Luis Andres Henao, “Latin America rejects old U.S. approach in drugs war,” Reuters, January 29, 2010.

The United States Coast Guard seized  $5 Billion worth of illegal drugs in 2009.

Source:  Associated Press, “Coast Guard seized $5 billion in drugs last year,” Miami Herald, January 30, 2010.

Between the years 2000 to 2008, 105 Australians died from taking Ecstasy.

Source:  Lisa Mayoh, “Ecstasy tablets kills more Australians,” Sunday Mail, January 31, 2010.