Opium/Heroin Market Value: $64.82 Billion
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime estimates the total value of the global opium and heroin market to be valued at $64.82 billion.
Number of heroin users worldwide: 11.1 million.
Source: United Nations, ” 2005 World Drug Report,” Office on Drugs and Crime, June 2005, pg. 132.
Cocaine Market Value: $70.45 Billion
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime estimates the total value of the global cocaine market to be valued at $70.45 billion.
Estimated number of cocaine users worldwide: 14.3 million.
Source: United Nations, ” 2005 World Drug Report,” Office on Drugs and Crime, June 2005, pg. 130.
Global Marijuana Market Value: $141.80 Billion
According to the 2005 United Nations World Drug Report, the total value of world’s marijuana market is $141.80 Million.
158.8 million people use marijuana around the world.
Source:
United Nations, “2005 World Drug Report,” Office on Drugs and Crime, June 2005, pg. 134.
Number of drug addicts in Russia has increased by 9 times over last decade
Source: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, “Illicit Drug Trends in the Russian Federation,” April 2008.
More than 3,000 foreigners arrest for drug trafficking in Russia
In 2006, Russian law enforcement agencies arrest more than 3,000 foreigners of drug trafficking in Russia. The traffickers were mostly from Tajikistan, Ukraine, and Azerbaijan.
Source: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, “Illicit Drug Trends in the Russian Federation,” April 2008.
517,389 registered users of illicit drugs in Russia
There are 517,389 registered users of illicit drugs in Russia. Estimates have the total number of users as high as 4 million.
Source: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, “Illicit Drug Trends in the Russian Federation,” April 2008.
90 percent of opiates smuggled into Russia from Afghanistan
Source: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, “Illicit Drug Trends in the Russian Federation,” April 2008.
28.7 percent of opium farmers in Afghanistan cite poverty for growing
28.7 percent of opium farmers claimed poverty alleviation as the reason for growing opium in Afghanistan.
Source: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, “Illicit Drug Trends in Afghanistan,” April 2008.
920,000 drug users in Afghanistan
4 percent of the population, or 920,000 people, are estimated drug users in Afghanistan.
Source: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, “Illicit Drug Trends in Afghanistan,” April 2008.
34 percent average increase in poppy cultivation in Post-Taliban era
Opium poppy cultivation has increased on average by 34 percent every year since the Taliban was disposed of in 2001.
Source: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, “Illicit Drug Trends in Afghanistan,” April 2008.
