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The user is sick and the dealer is evil", Drugs are cheaper than ever in Europe.
A century ago, China faced an opium epidemic. However, since the first UN convention outlawed narcotic drugs, their use has risen by 300 per cent. EU is going to see a blood bath with Columbian drugs dealer and EU Drugs baron who do not pay their bill?

In 1906, almost a quarter of Chinese men consumed opium brought by British merchants from India, and some 5 percent of the total Chinese population were addicted.

"Ninety per cent of those who are addicted to drugs in Russia and EU use Afghan drugs," "It's a simple equation - if there are no poppies, there is no drugs traffic. Thank goodness politicians in the West are beginning to admit the whole war on terror was ill-judged. We've heard Barack Obama and David Miliband come out and say that it was a mistake. The level of Afghan drugs production now is 44 times higher than it was in 2001

Drug abuse and the trade in illicit drugs are world-wide phenomena that are threatening health and the social stability. It leads to death, disease, crime and corruption. The EU has up to 2 million problem drug users. The use of drugs, particularly among young people is at historically high levels. The incidence of HIV/AIDS among drug users is causing increasing concern in many Member States.

The disappearance of most border checks at internal borders has made the EU an ever more attractive market for illegal drugs and the diversion of precursors. Once inside the Union’s borders, illegal products can be traded more or less freely without attracting the attention of customs or nationally-oriented law enforcement authorities. International organised crime does not respect national borders or national authority.

The United Nations says it is losing its global war on drugs.Anti-drug policies have in fact indirectly created "a criminal market of macro-economic size", The long-term solution for the drug problem is to reduce drastically the demand for drugs in the main consumer countries.

The policy of the European Union fails to curb the demand for illicit drugs that stimulates its production and exportation from other parts of the world.
A European Commission report published it had "found no evidence that the global drug problem was reduced during the Ungass period from 1998 to 2007".The EC report said enforcing drug bans had backfired by displacing drugs traffickers to relatively lawless regions. the report noted that prices of narcotics in Western countries "have fallen since 1998 by as much as 10 to 30 per cent" and that there was "no evidence that drugs have become more difficult to obtain".

Since 1961 the US has strong-armed most countries into signing UN conventions to join this futile and destructive battle. Drug prohibition has torn apart poor drug-producing countries and wreaked drug-fuelled terror on the streets of every city in the world. It has created crazed addicts lurking in dark streets everywhere from Rio to Russia. Afghanistan to Alaska

Under the conventions, all countries are obliged to pursue growers, dealers and users in an expensive attempt to hold back an unstoppable tide. Prohibition has bred crime on an unimaginable global scale. Bravely, most countries have to pretend that they are winning - when it is painfully obvious there are only losers.

Afghanistan this year is $50bn already; 95% of the crop is destined for Europe, and it is the source of most of the heroin arriving in Britain, EU. But how is Hamid Karzai supposed to prevent it? Who can stop the poorest country on earth from growing the only crop that brings in wealth? In the chaos of the Iraq war and its aftermath, anti-narcotics department in Middle East is alarmed, to find a new and unfamiliar sea of drugs from Afghanistan pouring across its borders and out across the region and bring Chaotic situation the GCC,pakistan , Iran and Central Asia.

Look at other opium-growing regions, and it's the same story. Their governments are obliged to crack down as best they can or risk US revenge in loss of aid, trade and other penalties. Drugs harm individuals, but it is not drugs that cause social calamity. It is their prohibition that brings a wave of criminality and corruption, chasing profits of up to 3,000%.

Iran's addiction level - an epidemic defined by United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) statistics as the worst in the world Iran has the highest rate of heroin and opium addiction per head of population in the world, according to the UN: one in 17 is a regular user and 20% of the Iranian population aged 15-60 is involved in drug abuse There are an estimated 500,000 drug dealers in Iran, circulating narcotics with an estimated street value of £1.7bn to £2.83bn Drug abuse is the main factor behind 60% of divorces in Iran, according to a survey

According to the figures released by Iran's Drug Control Headquarters, Tehran spent over 600 million dollars in the two years leading to October 2008, to dig canals, build barriers and install barbed wire to seal off the country's borders. Thanks Iran for helping USA to bring down Taliban government whom was worst enemy of drugs abuses whom brought drought of Heroin around the world through banning poppy cultivation in Afghanistan

Despite Iran's efforts to block drug smuggling to Europe, Western officials have made several attempts to cut anti-drug aid to the country during past few years. Akbar Alami, a member of Iran’s Majlis (Parliament) from Tabriz, northwest Iran, went public and revealed that the actual number of drug users in Iran stood at 11 million. “With a population of about 70 million and some government.

The Iranian bill for drug control activities could amount to as much as US$1 billion per year. Reuters has reported that Iran is the only country with a similar rate of imprisonment for drug users as the United States. Over the last 30 years, more than 3,600 members of the Iranian border police have lost their lives fighting against smuggling and until recently only Iranians were patrolling the mountain passes between Afghanistan and Iran.

There is a real link between drugs and terrorism. The United Nations reports that the illegal drug trade is worth $400 Billion a year - more than the U.S. Department of Defense budget. Indeed, illegal drugs make up 8% of all international trade while textiles make up 7.5% and motor vehicles just 5.3%. This mass traffic in illegal drugs has greatly contributed to violence across the globe.

Efforts to curb citizens' drug use have existed almost as long as drugs have been used. One of the earliest recorded drug laws comes from 17th century Russia where Czar Michael Federovitch ruled that anyone caught with tobacco should be tortured until he gave up the name of the supplier.
In more recent times, most countries around the world have established national drug policies. Between 1989 and 1999, official national drug policies were introduced in 66 countries and a further 41 countries were developing national drug policies or had developed such a policy more than 10 years previously.

A total of 128 States and territories (89 per cent of those responding) have comprehensive drug control legislation in place, 113 States and territories (78 per cent of those responding) have set up a coordinating committee on drug control and 107 States and territories (74 per cent of those responding) have developed and implemented drug control strategies. A better understanding of drugrelated problems has reinforced coordination at the national level and cooperation between different professional and national authorities.

“Eighty two people of reproductive age die daily due to drug abuse in Russia, Russian medics register over 80,000 Russians diagnosed as “drug addicts” every year. More than 30,000 people die from drug abuse each year in Russia -- eight times more the number of drug-related fatalities in the European Union, the Russian anti-drugs unit said. that since the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, drug use has soared in Russia and drug-related drugs are now about eight times greater than in the European Union.
Some 38 tons of narcotic substances were confiscated in Russia by narcotics police in 2008, and approximately 7,000 drug gangs were detained, arrested or killed

There is 120,000 drugs user in 2008, 78,000 drug addicts in 2007 in Russia; up from 70,000 regular users in 2006.90 percent of Russian addicts took Afghan-imported heroin. Russia has become the world's biggest heroin consumer and the flood of the drug from Afghanistan poses a threat to national security, Health Ministry officials say Russia has up to 2.5 million drug addicts out of a population of some 140 million. Most addicts were aged 18-39 and lived seven years at most after starting to take heroin

Some 3.5 tons of heroin were intercepted last year, a 17.5 percent rise on 2007. But in the first two months of this year, 400 kilos were seized, a 70-percent increase on the same year-ago period, 702 kg of heroin, 260 kg of marijuana, 245 kg of hashish, 123 kg of cocaine and 98 kg of opium had been seized over the past year. A total of 726 drug trafficking cases were launched in 2008 it is real luck, if 20 percent [of total trafficked volumes] are intercepted "Usually it's 10 percent."

"Today's situation with Russia's intoxication by Afghan heroin is unprecedented for the last 100 years," Ivanov said. "It can only be compared to the situation in China at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries."
72.28 per cent of drug addict men admit to have consumed drugs to be able to have sexual relations and most of them (58%) choose cocaine to this purpose, the narcotic which increases the most sexual incapacitation. On the other hand, only 37.50% drug addict women consume drugs to this purpose, and when they do, they resort to cocaine (37%), speed ball (25%) and alcohol (25%). http://www.bio-medicine.org/medicine...asure-38525-1/

Operation Purple, which started in 1999, utilized an intensive international programme for tracking individual shipments in international trade in order to prevent diversions of potassium permanganate, an important chemical used in the illicit manufacture of cocaine. Operation Topaz, launched in 2001, targeted acetic anhydride, a key chemical in illicit heroin manufacture, Project Cohesion is a global initiative in which authorities from 82 countries and areas are currently participating. Since 2007, aimed at assisting countries in addressing the diversion of acetic anhydride and potassium permanganate by
providing a platform for launching time-bound regional operations.


In 2000, global seizures of acetic anhydride totalled 87 tons. In 2001, the first year of Operation Topaz, global seizures of the substance almost doubled, amounting to 169 tons. Those seizures then gradually declined, reaching 21 tons in 2005. In Europe, at least 150,000 people die each year as a result of drug abuse
The UK Government estimate that this small population of dependent heroin and cocaine users is now responsible for 54 per cent of robberies and 70 to 80 per cent of burglaries—how much better we would sleep in our beds if those burglaries were reduced by anything like that number—as well as 85 per cent of shoplifting and 95 per cent of street prostitution. Of course this situation applies across the globe. Researchers have estimated that half the crime in the US can be put down to the sellers of drugs or people on drugs trying to steal money to feed their habit.
The UK Government's No. 10 Strategy Unit estimated that drug-motivated crime resulting from the current criminalising regime costs this country £19 billion a year, which is one-third of the total cost of UK crime. UK remains at the top of the European "league table" for cocaine abuse for the fifth consecutive year, according to the annual report of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction
Britain's continuing position at top of the league table of 27 EU countries for cocaine abuse is based on the fact that 12.7% of young adults aged 15 to 34 have used the drug. Typical cocaine users in Britain
Established in the late 1970s, the Liverpool mafia protected its power base by forging close links to the IRA and, in particular, a contract-killing outfit called The Cleaners, a group of paramilitaries believed to be responsible for more than 20 drug-related assassinations around Liverpool. the Serious Organised Crime Agency, revealed that it confiscated 89,000kg of cocaine last year, most of it from Colombia, a 20 per cent increase on the previous year. A Soca source confirmed it was investigating Colombian involvement 'across the entire supply chain' of cocaine in the UK
The heroin warning follows two record opium harvests in Afghanistan of 8,200 tonnes in 2007 and 7,700 tonnes this year. These harvests represent 90% of the world's illicit opium production, with Helmand province, the centre of British military operations, accounting for more than half of the poppies grown
Britain is now fourth in the European league table for cannabis use amongst 15- to 24-year-olds, with 39.5% saying they have tried it and 12% saying they have used it .
Total people arrested on drugs related crime in European union is rising high from 2001 to 2007 total arrest were 936,866,Cannabis-550,878,Herion-77,300,Cocaine-110,00,Ecstacy-17590,Amphetamine -41,069 people ,and see the picture of 2008 is most shocking for EU.

The prison population of the world is rising, and has increased from 8 million in 1999 to12.8 million now. A reasonable estimate is that between one-fifth and one-quarter of these people are in prison because of activities connected with the illegality of drugs. Overcrowding is increasing; 110 out of the world's 218 prison systems for which we have information are overcrowded. Germany's 200 prisons hold more than 60,000 inmates and a further 14,000 awaiting trials. Apart from stray reports of drug rackets, almost nothing is known about life behind the high walls and barbed wire.

In 2008, Colombia had 98,000 hectares of illicit coca crops. That can produce 600 tonnes annually of cocaine, much of which ensures that the murderous civil war in that country continues. Similarly, Afghanistan's 193,000 hectares of poppy crop, which can produce 880 tonnes of opium annually, undoubtedly prolong the war in Afghanistan.

South-East Asia accounts for 424 tons of opium (down from 472 tons a year earlier). This is around 5 per cent of the world's total illicit opium, down from 33 per cent in 1998 and more than 50 per cent in 1990. Thailand and Laos are almost opium free. Myanmar remains the world's second biggest source of opium, accounting for 28,500 hectares in 2008 (a 3 per cent rise over last year). Cultivation is mostly limited to the Shan State, which accounts for 89 per cent of the national total.

The Afghanistan Opium Winter Assessment, released in Kabul on 1 February, shows a likely reduction in the amount of opium grown in Afghanistan in 2009. In 2008, Afghanistan accounted for 92 per cent of the world's opium.
In general drug use remains historically high but Europe appears to be entering a more stable phase. About 2m young Europeans have tried amphetamines in the last year and around 2.5m have tried ecstasy - at worst a levelling off and perhaps an overall decline.

Cocaine use continues to rise, with an estimated 3.5m young Europeans (15-34) taking the drug in the last year. Lifetime prevalence: at least 12 million (3.6% of European adults) Last year use: 4 million European adults or one-third of lifetime users around 2 million Country variation in last year use: overall range 0.1% to 3.0%.Highest-prevalence countries United Kingdom (7.7%) Spain (7.0%) Italy (6.6%) Ireland (5.3%)

Just how many heroin users there are in Europe is hard to say. The EMCDDA estimates that, in the EU and Norway, there are anywhere from 1.3 to 1.7 million people using opium derivatives (morphine and heroin) and synthetic drugs with similar effects.

a quarter of all Europeans - 71 million people - have tried cannabis at some point in their lives, 12 million of them Although cannabis users far outnumber heroin users, 2.3 million.cannabis plants seized last year in Europe.

Cannabis is produced in over 170 countries, often indoors and in very small plots. Global production estimates are pure speculation. Lifetime prevalence: at least 71 million (22% of European adults) Last year use: about 23 million European adults or one-third of lifetime users.over 12 million Europeans Country variation in last year use: overall range 0.8% to 11.2% Highest-prevalence countries Denmark (44.2%) Czech Republic (43.9%)
France (42.0%) United Kingdom (39.5%)

Ecstasy Lifetime prevalence: about 9.5 million (2.8% of European adults) Last year use: over 2.6 million or one-third of lifetime users more than 1 million Country variation in last year use: overall range 0.2% to 3.5%.%,Highest-prevalence countries United Kingdom (7.3%) Czech Republic (7.1%) Ireland (5.4%) Spain (4.4%)

Amphetamines Lifetime prevalence: almost 11 million (3.3% of European adults) Last year use: around 2 million or one-fifth of lifetime users overall range 0.0% to 1.3%,

Opioids Problem opioid use: between one and six cases per 1 000 adult population In 2005–06, drug-induced deaths accounted for 3.5% of all deaths of Europeans 15–39 years old, with opioids being found in around 70% of them Principal drug in around 50% of all drug treatment requests More than 600 000 opioid users received substitution treatment in 2006

Heroin nonetheless remains with The EU’s biggest drug problem in terms of both health and social costs. Besides being highly addictive and prone to overdose, it contributes to the spread of HIV and hepatitis C, both of which can be passed on through contaminated needles.

The EMCDDA monitors fatal poisonings directly attributable to drug use (drug-induced deaths). There are, on average, around 7 000–8 000 drug-induced deaths reported in

Europe each year, and due to known underreporting this figure represents a minimum estimate. The new estimate of drugrelated public expenditure in Europe is EUR 34 billion (95% confidence interval, EUR 28–40 billion), which is equivalent to 0.3% of the combined gross domestic product of all EU Member States. This suggests that State expenditure on the drug problem costs the average EU citizen EUR 60 a year.

An analysis of street prices based on data from 29 countries -- the 27 EU members, plus Bulgaria, Norway, Turkey, and Romania -- showed that average prices for most substances, adjusted for inflation, had fallen from 2006-2009, with the price of ecstasy down by 47 percent, heroin by 45 percent, cocaine by 22 percent and cannabis dropping to 19 percent. Although black market prices have dropped significantly, there still remain considerable price differences within Europe

Cocaine production from 1998-2008 according to UNODC,1998-825 tonnes,1999-925T,2000-879T,2001-827T,2002-800T,2003-859,2004-1,008T,2005-980T,2006-984tonnes,2007-994Tonnes,2008-1,000 tonnes


Opium Production from 1998-2008 according toUNDOC.1998-4346 tonnes,1999-5,346tonnes,2000-4,691T,2001-1,631T,2002-4,250T,2003-4,783T,2004-4,850T,2005-4,620T,2006-6,610T,2007-8,870T,2008-9,980T

The latest UNODC figure for the global production of herbal cannabis stands at 41 600 tonnes (2006), of which more than half is accounted for by the Americas (North America and South America) and close to a quarter by Africa (UNODC, 2008). Global production of cannabis resin was estimated at 6 000 tonnes in 2006, down from 7 500 tonnes in 2O04 (UNODC, 2007a), with Morocco remaining the main international producer. The area under cannabis resin production declined from 134 000 hectares in 2003 to 76 400 hectares producing 1 066 tonnes in 2005 (UNODC and Government of Morocco, 2007). Resin production is also reported in Afghanistan, where it is rising rapidly, Pakistan, India, Nepal, and Central Asian and other CIS countries (UNODC, 2008).

Prof Tim Rhodes, of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Health, said the number of injecting drug users around the world could have reached 15 million and this was responsible for 10% of global HIV infections.

Nearly 25 million people worldwide are estimated to have used amphetamine and methamphetamine in the past year. This is more than heroin or cocaine, and it makes amphetamine and methamphetamine the most widely used illicit drugs after cannabis. There are approximately a half million crystal meth users are in the United States. In Oregon, meth users account for 85 percent of burglaries. And yet, crystal meth rarely broaches our national conversation.

The in-depth revision of current drug policies is even more urgent in Latin America in light of their enormous human and social costs and threats to democratic institutions.

Over the past decades we have witnessed:
A rise in organized crime caused both by the international narcotics trade and by the growing control exercised by criminal groups over domestic markets and territories;

A growth in unacceptable levels of drug-related violence affecting the whole of society and, in particular, the poor and the young; The criminalization of politics and the politicization of crime, as well as the proliferation of the linkages between them, as reflected in the infiltration of democratic institutions by organized crime;

The corruption of public servants, the judicial system, governments, the political system and, especially the police forces in charge of enforcing law and order.

Five measures were proposed by UNODC: a blue paper to increase the number of opium-free provinces in Afghanistan; a green paper to strengthen cross-border counter-narcotics cooperation, for example a Trilateral Initiative between Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan; a yellow paper to secure Central Asia's borders through intelligence cooperation and border management; a red paper to reduce the smuggling of precursor chemicals into Afghanistan; and a purple paper - which is currently being finalized - to improve security around the Caspian Sea.

Cocaine seizures by Venezuelan authorities increased following the Drug Enforcement Agency’s (DEA) departure. In 2005, the year in which full cooperation between Venezuela and the United States was suspended, Venezuela seized 58.9 tons of cocaine in 2008, however, a unique year which featured major multinational operations. In 2006, Venezuela seized 39 tons of cocaine, and 31.8 tons were seized in 2007.

This average to 43.2 tons of cocaine seized per year tons of cocaine seized per year, significantly higher than the average of 27.1 tons seized during 2002-2004, when the two countries had the cooperation agreement. Another 29.2 tons of cocaine were seized between January and December 5th, 2008, higher than the average seized when the agreement was in full effect. Venezuela ranks fourth in the world in total seizures of cocaine, behind the U.S., Colombia and Spain. Venezuela seized nearly 200 tons of the chemical precursors used to make drugs. According to the U.N. Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC),

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