1. Advanced Briefing to Member States
World Drug Report 2015
Advanced Briefing to Member States
18 June 2015

2. Replies from 100 Member States and territories.

3. Replies from 98 Member States and territories.

4. Drug use

5. Trends in the annual prevalence of drug use, 2009-2013
Source: UNODC, responses to annual report questionnaire.
Note: Based on the estimated percentage of adults (aged 15-64) who have used the substance in the past year

6. Prison
annual prevalence general population
5.2%
3.8%
0.3%
0.4%
0.7%
0.4%

7. Drug use

8. Global average

9. Drug related deaths linked to opioid abuse in the USA

10. Gender

11. Skills training programmes for students and parents
Pre-school intervention

12. Is drug treatment better than no treatment?
Philosophy of chronic care versus acute care: continuity of interventions
The impact of the intervention can be evaluated only DURING the intervention and NOT after
Is drug treatment better than no treatment?
Effective treatment typically incorporates many components — pharmacotherapy, behavioural therapy and social support. The scientific evidence is clear that the best available treatments for individuals with drug dependence are those that are ongoing, able to address multiple problems in numerous life domains — such as medical and psychiatric symptoms and social instability — and are well integrated into the community, making them available and accessible to such individuals.

13. Global trends in main drug supply indicators, 2005-2014

14. Global seizures, by drug and region (number of cases) 2005-2008 and 2009-2013

15. Mode of transportation reported in individual drug seizure cases, 2006-2008 and 2009-2014

16. Opiates Key figures

17. Global potential opium production

18. Opiates

19. Cocaine Key figures

20. Global Coca bush cultivation

21. Cocaine

22. Cannabis
Key figures

25. Prevalence of past-year marijuana use (aged 12 or older) in the United States 2006-2013

26. Synthetic
Drugs
Key figures

27. Methamphetamine flows

29. Controlled drugs and NPS

30. NPS

31. Geographical location of Alternative Development

32. Drivers of illicit cultivation Challenges of alternative development
No single factor and location/ household specific
Characteristics of the illicit crop (agronomic, durability, profit)
Infrastructures and socio-economic opportunities
Environment
Rule of Law and governance
Marginalization
Poverty
Isolated areas
Limited government control
Insecurity

33. Impact of Alternative Development

34. Key elements of success for alternative development
Long-term political and financial support
Income-generating alternatives
Marketing of products of alternative development
Land tenure and the sustainable management and use of land
Local ownership and community participation
Focus on women

35. Assistance Committed by OECD donors

37. Conclusions
Alternative development (AD) is in a constant state of flux; success has often been a result of piloting new and more sophisticated approaches.
National strategies vary considerably, but most address food security and quality of life
Success is still mainly viewed in the context of reducing illicit cultivation– but impact of programmes is more broadly assessed, in term of MDG indicators
Sustainable Development Goals add elements of rule of law, governance and environmental protection to the traditional pillars of socioeconomic development. A new framework for AD?
AD approach to be extended beyond illicit drug cultivation into communities affected by other illegal activities (illegal mining, wildlife and forest crimes)?