The ATS market 10 years after the

2009 Plan of Action

Martin Raithelhuber, Laboratory and Scientific Section

“More synthetic drugs …

… of higher purity …

… for less money?”

“Synthetic drugs are a game changer”

1998 Action Plan against illicit manufacture, trafficking and abuse of amphetamine-type

stimulants and their precursors

2009 Political Declaration and Plan of Action on international cooperation towards an integrated and balanced strategy to counter the world drug

problem

2016 UNGASS Outcome Document

Global SMART

2019 CND Intersessional

”Seizures of amphetamine-type stimulants quadrupled”

Amphetamine, 27 tonsMethamphetamine,

25 tons

'Ecstasy', 8 tons

Other ATS, 1 ton

Amphetamine, 58 tons

Methamphetamine, 185 tons

‘Ecstasy’,14 tons

Other ATS, 4 tons

2008

2017

Source: UNODC Database, 2019.Note: Graph displays seizures of methamphetamine, amphetamine, ‚ecstasy‘-group substances and other ATS (including non-specified ATS and other stimulants).

“Methamphetamine seizures increased sevenfold

and affect new regions”

Americas, 12tons

Asia, 12 tons

Europe, 0.3 tons

2008

Africa, 1 tons

Americas, 86 tonsAsia,

89 tons

Europe, 3 tons

Oceania, 6 tons2017

Source: UNODC Database, 2019.

”In many countries, methamphetamine, amphetamine

and ‘ecstasy’ are becoming purer and cheaper”

PRICE

PURITY

”There is more, higher purity meth-

amphetamine, amphetamine and ‘ecstasy’ available in a

larger number of countries for less money than ever!”

Synthetic Drugs

Global Monitoring & Trend Analysis

National capacity building

International collaboration

Early Warning Systems

Legal responses

Knowledge sharing

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