World Drug Report 2015 Advanced Briefing to Member States18 June 2015

Replies from 100 Member States and territories.

Replies from 98 Member States and territories.

Drug use

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

Prison

5.2% 3.8% 0.3% 0.4% 0.7% 0.4%annual prevalence general population

Drug use

Global average

Drug related deaths linked to opioid abuse in the USA

Gender

Pre-school intervention Skills training programmes for students and parents

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.

Global trends in main drug supply indicators, 2005-2014

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

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

OpiatesKey figures

Global potential opium production

Opiates

CocaineKey figures

Global Coca bush cultivation

Cocaine

CannabisKey figures

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

Synthetic DrugsKey figures

Methamphetamine flows

Controlled drugs and NPS

NPS

Geographical location of Alternative Development

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

Impact of Alternative Development

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

Assistance Committed by OECD donors

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)?