In 2009, cocaine was found in 7 percent of failed drug tests of Wall Street employees, down from 16 percent in 2007. Marijuana was found in 80 percent of failed tests in 2009, compared to 64 percent in 2007. Amphetamines was found in 10 percent of failed tests, compared to 3 percent in 2007.

Source:  Kyle Stock, “Wall Street Drug Use: Employees Giving Up Cocaine for Pot and Pills,” Wall Street Journal, August 20, 2010.

In 2008, 24.3 metric tons of amphetamines were seized around the world, with 15.3 metric tons seized in the Middle East. 12.8 metric tons of amphetamines were seized in Saudi Arabia alone in 2008.

Source:  Mark Tutton, “Does Saudi have world’s biggest amphetamine habit?,” CNN, July 23, 2010.

Law enforcement in Thailand estimate that the illegal drug trade in Amphetamines within the country is between 300 million to 400 million pills per year.

Source: Ben Doherty, “Drug smuggling into Thailand soars ahead of Burma elections,” Guardian, June 21, 2010.

One in four adults living in Scotland have taken illegal drugs at least once in their life, according to a report by the Scottish Government.

The most used drug was marijuana, followed by amphetamines, ecstasy, and cocaine.

Source: “‘One in four’ Scots has taken drugs,” BBC News, January 26, 2010.

According to the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, the following figures represent the number of users of illicit drugs in Europe as of 2009.

• 22.5 million people used a cannabis product such as marijuana in the European Union in 2008.
• 2 million people used amphetamines in the EU in 2008.
• 4 million people used cocaine in the EU in 2008.
• 1.4 million people used opiate products such as heroin in 2007 (last available year)

Source:  “Annual Report 2009: The State Of The Drug Problem In Europe,” European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, November 2009.

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime estimates the total value of the global amphetamines market (excluding ecstasy) to be valued at $28.25 billion.

Number of users worldwide: 24.9 million.

Source: United Nations, “2005 World Drug Report,” Office on Drugs and Crime, June 2005, pg. 140.

Source: 2007 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, “Canada, Mexico, and Central America: Mexico,” United States Department of State, March 2007.(accessed: March 2, 2007).

Japan is one of the world’s largest markets for methamphetamines with approximately 80 percent of all drug arrests in Japan involved methamphetamines.

Source: 2007 International Narcotics Control Strategy, “Southeast Asia: Japan,”, United States Department of State, March 2007.

Law enforcement officials estimates that there are 600,000 meth addicts and between 1 to 3 million casual users in Japan.

Source: 2007 International Narcotics Control Strategy, “Southeast Asia: Japan,”, United States Department of State, March 2007.