Drug supply and possession

The World Drug Report suggests that the number of people reporting recent use of illicit drugs has remained stable over the last decade; however, there has been a surge in the cultivation, trafficking and supply of drugs (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime 2008). In particular opium cultivatio...

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Published inHandbook on Crime pp. 598 - 625
Main Authors McSweeney, Tim, Turnbull, Paul J., May, Tiggey
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Routledge 2010
Edition1
Subjects
Illicit Drug Markets
British Retail Consortium
Demand Reduction Strategies
UK Supply Chain
Drug Education
UK's Border
UK Drug Policy Commission
UK User
Federal Bureau Of Investigation
UK Literature
UK Market
Crack Cocaine
Illicit Drugs Trade
Police Caution
ICJ
Cannabis Possession
Hm Revenue
Cannabis Warnings
Drug Offenders
Young Men
Possession Offences
UK Drug
Illicit Drugs
Child Welfare Policymakers
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Summary:The World Drug Report suggests that the number of people reporting recent use of illicit drugs has remained stable over the last decade; however, there has been a surge in the cultivation, trafficking and supply of drugs (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime 2008). In particular opium cultivation, which eventually finds its way on to the streets of the UK as heroin, has risen by 17 per cent since 2006 to 235,700 hectares of land under cultivation. Similar increases in coca production (16 per cent) in South America have also been observed.
ISBN:9781843923718
1843923726
1843923718
9781843923725
DOI:10.4324/9781843929680-36