2008 world drug report / United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.

Cover title.

“United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime”—at head of title.

Includes bibliographical reference.

“The World Drug Report presents comprehensive information on the illicit drug situation. It provides detailed estimated and trends on production, trafficking and consumption in the opium

heroin, coca

cocaine, cannabis and amphetamine-type stimulants markets. The drug problem is being contained but there are warning signs that the stabilization which has occurred over the last few years could be in danger. Notable amongst these is the increase in both opium poppy and coca cultivation in 2007...”—cover page.

Contents: Trends in world drug markets—Overview—Opium

heroin market—Coca

cocaine market—Cannabis market—Amphetamine-type stimulants market—A century of international drug control—Origins : the development of the opium problem in China—The foundation of an international drug control system—Drug control under the League of Nations, 1920-1945—Development of the present system under the United Nations—Achievements and unintended consequences of the international drug control system—Statistical annex—Production—Seizures— Seizures of illicit laboratories—Prices—Consumption—Methodology.