Drug Trends

The Police Perspective

Global Picture - Opium 2007

• Global Cultivation• Afghanistan – 82% of world cultivation

(92% of opium production)• SE Asia expansion – after 6 yrs decline• Opium Production• 2005 – 2007 Higher yields – opium

production almost doubled

Global Picture - Cocaine 2007

• Global Cultivation

• Colombia 27% (55% of global production)

• Bolivia 5%

• Peru 4%

• Yield 1% only

• Production

Global Picture - ATS 2007

• Manufacture Amphetamines

• Est 330 tonnes – 770 tonnes

• Manufacture Ecstasy

Global Picture - Seizures

• Opium

• Heroin

• Cocaine

• ATS

Heroin Supply Routes

Cocaine Supply Routes

Scotland

• Heroin/Problematic Drug Users• Cocaine Use• Commercial Cannabis Cultivation• ATS• Diazepam• Steroids ?• Two Tier Markets ?

Seizure

• Heroin

• Cocaine

• ATS

• Cannabis

• Cutting Agents – Lignocaine

• GBL

The harms and opportunities

• Drug Related Deaths Drug Related Deaths

• Cocaine Deaths

• Alcohol/Poly Drug Abuse Deaths

• Cutting Agents – Lignocaine

• GBL

• Price/Purity