Global Drugs Trafficking #4: Distribution of Heroin and Cocaine
This is the fourth and last installment series on the Global Drugs Trafficking. Before, we discussed the basics of drug trade (Discover the Trade, pt. 1), how organic drugs are grown (How to Grow Coca and Opium Poppies, pt. 2), and how the drugs are produced (How Heroin, Cocaine and Meth are Produced, pt. 3). Today, we’ll discuss the distribution of the drugs. After production, the drugs need to be distributed around the world. As is usual for the posts I write on drug trafficking, my source is the UNODC World Drugs Report (2010). Distribution closely linked to demand. Where the demand is, the drugs go. Distribution of Cocaine Cocaine demands are high worldwide. However, there has been a shift in where the drug is in demand. Before (1998), cocaine was...
Top 5 of Most Used Illegal Recreational Drugs
Worldwide, there are an estimated amount of nearly 400 million drug users. Today, I list what their favorite (illegal) drugs are. These data are taken from the World Drugs Report (2010) by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. 5. Cocaine It’s estimated that there are, globally, between 15,07 million and 19,38 million people who used cocaine over the year 2009. Cocaine is particularly popular in Northern America, where most of the users are located (6,17 million users). It’s also popular in West/Central-Europe. Interestingly, although close to the source of cocaine cultivation and manufacture, cocaine is relatively unpopular in Central America and the Caribbean, where the estimate lies between 110 and 320 thousand users. 4. Ecstasy (aka MDMA,...
How to Grow Coca and Opium Poppies – Global Drug Trafficking pt. 2
This post is part of a blog series about Global Drug Trafficking. Find part one, “Discover the Trade” here. This week, we will discuss the cultivation of the coca plant (cocaine) and the opium poppy (heroin). As designer drugs such as methamphetamine and ecstacy are not cultivated (only organic drugs are), we will not discuss them until the next Global Drug Trafficking post, which will be on the manufacture. The source for all statistical information in these posts is the UNODC – the United Nation Office on Drugs and Crime, and in particular the World Drugs Report 2010. Cultivation of the Coca Plant for Cocaine Coca (Erothroxylum Coca) is a plant native to western South America. It has always played a big role in Andean culture, where it is used...
Discover the Trade – Global Drug Trafficking Pt. 1
This is the first post in a new five-part series on Global Drug Trafficking. The following posts will be (consecutively) Production, Manufacture, Distribution and Sale. Drug trafficking is a global illicit trade. UNOCD (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime) continuously monitors the global drug market to gain a more comprehensive understanding of the dynamics within the trade. These posts will be supported mainly with information retrieved from the UNODC website. First I will explain some general facts in this post, so you might better understand the global drug trade. What are drugs? Drugs are substances that, when absorbed into the body, alter normal bodily function. As you can see, that is an extremely wide variety of substances. Caffeine, cigarettes,...
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