Author :
Publisher :
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 38,79 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Organized crime
ISBN :
This report is one of several studies conducted by UNODC on organized crime threats around the world. These studies describe what is known about the mechanics of contraband trafficking - the what, who, how, and how much of illicit flows - and discuss their potential impact on governance and development. Their primary role is diagnostic, but they also explore the implications of these findings for policy. Publisher's note.
Author : United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 32,26 MB
Release : 1901
Category :
ISBN : 9789210041744
The 2019 World Drug Report will include an updated overview of recent trends on production, trafficking and consumption of key illicit drugs. The Report contains a global overview of the baseline data and estimates on drug demand and supply and provides the reference point for information on the drug situation worldwide.
Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 483 pages
File Size : 46,58 MB
Release : 2017-09-28
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0309459575
Drug overdose, driven largely by overdose related to the use of opioids, is now the leading cause of unintentional injury death in the United States. The ongoing opioid crisis lies at the intersection of two public health challenges: reducing the burden of suffering from pain and containing the rising toll of the harms that can arise from the use of opioid medications. Chronic pain and opioid use disorder both represent complex human conditions affecting millions of Americans and causing untold disability and loss of function. In the context of the growing opioid problem, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) launched an Opioids Action Plan in early 2016. As part of this plan, the FDA asked the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to convene a committee to update the state of the science on pain research, care, and education and to identify actions the FDA and others can take to respond to the opioid epidemic, with a particular focus on informing FDA's development of a formal method for incorporating individual and societal considerations into its risk-benefit framework for opioid approval and monitoring.
Author : World Health Organization. Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse
Publisher : World Health Organization
Page : 133 pages
File Size : 43,11 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9241547545
"These guidelines were produced by the World Health Organization (WHO), Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, in collaboration with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) a Guidelines Development Group of technical experts, and in consultation with the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) secretariat and other WHO departments. WHO also wishes to acknowledge the financial contribution of UNODC and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) to this project. " - p. iv
Author : United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Publisher : United Nations
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 25,89 MB
Release : 2007-06-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9211554012
This report offers one of the most comprehensive insights into global trends in international culture, production, seizure and price of illicit drugs. It examines trends in the world's four major markets: opium and heroin, coca and cocaine, cannabis, and amphetamine-type stimulants. This edition provides an in-depth examination of the link between transnational organized crime and drug trafficking. A detailed statistical appendix on production, prices and consumption completes this book, which gives the reader a comprehensive picture of the world's drug problem.
Author : National Institute on Drug Abuse. Community Epidemiology Work Group
Publisher :
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 48,29 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Drug abuse
ISBN :
Author : Paul Ziegler
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 29,49 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Drug control
ISBN : 9781608760657
The global illegal drug trade represents a multi-dimensional challenge that has implications for U.S. national interests as well as the international community. According to the U.S. intelligence community, international drug trafficking can undermine political and regional stability and bolster the role and capabilities of organised crime in the drug trade. Key regions of concern include Latin American and Afghanistan, which are focal points in U.S. efforts to combat the production and transit of cocaine and heroin, respectively. Drug use and addiction have the potential to negatively affect the social fabric of communities, hinder economic development, and place an additional burden on national public health infrastructures. This book examines U.S. international drug control policy with a focus on the impact of drugs on society, drug trafficking organisations, and the global scope of the problem.
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Legislation and National Security Subcommittee
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 28,7 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Drug abuse
ISBN :
Author : Paul V. Ardus
Publisher : Nova Science Publishers
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 38,62 MB
Release : 2010-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781606926536
Methamphetamine (meth), a drug with limited medical use and high potential for abuse and addiction, is a subject of widespread concern. Once associated mainly with the West Coast and white, male, blue-collar workers, illicit meth is now used by diverse population groups nation-wide, with concentrations in the West, Southwest, and Midwest. Meth is supplied primarily by clandestine labs in California and Mexico. The drug is relatively simple to make from easily obtained recipes, but access to certain ingredients has become more difficult. Meth production in small, toxic labs (STLs) increased initially due to the successful closure of some "super-labs" (labs capable of making more than 10 pounds of meth in a 24-hour cycle), relative ease of making meth, continuing demand for the drug, and desire for potential wealth and involvement in a criminal underground social activity. Although the greater fraction of meth used and distributed across the nation comes from super-labs, the sheer number of STLs, their geographic diffusion, and their residual impacts have prompted concern across a wide spectrum of the country.
Author : Tim Boekhout van Solinge
Publisher : Boom Koninklijke Uitgevers
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 36,10 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789054545187
Mind-altering drugs such as cannabis, cocaine, heroin and others are illegal in many parts of the world, but distinct approaches for dealing with the question of illegal drug use have been developed country by country. In this book Tim Boekhout van Solinge describes the different approaches that have been adopted to dealing with the problem, with particular reference to the experience of France, the Netherlands and Sweden. He explores the justifications and rationalizations for the divergent, often contradictory attitudes and systems that have been developed, and concludes that differing national cultural traditions for handling social problems have greatly influenced the ways in which illicit drug use have been dealt with.
