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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