World Drug ReportNo individual or nation can feel immune from the adverse consequences of drug trafficking and abuse. Drugs are today's most dynamic illicit business, its profits generated directly out of human and institutional weakness. But the problems of drug dependence, trafficking, crime and violence are inseperable from those of conflict, political instability and the socio-economic transformation of developed and developing countries. The World Drug Report, the first ever of its kind, analyses the illicit drug phenomenom through its linkages, or interdependence with all these issues. deceptive sense of familiarity with the subject. In reality, knowledge is limited. The WDR provides a picture of what we do and don't know about illicit drug production, and trafficking, around the world. single analytical viewpoint, such as health, crime, or the law. The WDR fills the gap by providing comprehensive international coverage of all the principal drug problems, beginning with why people start to take drugs. International Drug Control Programme, draws on the experiences of UNDCP's staff in Vienna HQ, and in 20 Field Offices around the world, on the latest academic research, and on the contributions of internationally renowned experts. |
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Recent trends and developments in cultivation production | 16 |
Box | 34 |
Theories and interpretations of illicit drug use | 44 |
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