Illegal Drugs in The Americas

Illegal Drugs in the Americas NGP Hent Generation Phamaceticel $166bn 68% Alcohol of total drug users in the Americas are in North America 190m Cannabis $157bn Tobacco 9.6m Cocaine $110bn 5.8m Amphetamines Illegal Drugs 3.2m Ecstasy $107bn 2.3m Opiates .. .. Overeating $40bn Gambling The US's Most Expensive Addictions (estimated annual cost, inc, health expenses) Total Number of Users in the Americas by Drug in 2007 (inc. North, Central and South America and the Caribbean) South America produces nearly all the cocaine, but North America consumes USA 7,300 tons Cannabis almost 50% Mexico 80% 149 tons of methamphetamine Heroin Colombia used in the US is 14 tons Colombia produced in Mexico Heroin 4,000 tons Cannabis Colombia Mexico 600 tons 15,800 tons Cocaine Cannabis Bolivia 100 tons Cocaine Peru 300 tons Cocaine Main Drug Producing Countries in the Americas Paraguay 16,500 tons The American hemisphere produces half of the world's total cannabis herb Cannabis Breakdown of Drug Seizures by Region (2006) Africa North America South America 8 tons 5229 tons 705 tons 4 tons Amphetamines Cannabis Cocaine Ecstasy Asia Europe Oceania Sources: UN World Drug Report 2009 UN "Threat of Narco-Trafficking in the Americas" Report UN "A Century of International Drug Control" Report Forbes.com The Guardian • • • ● • Illegal Drugs in the Americas NGP Hent Generation Phamaceticel $166bn 68% Alcohol of total drug users in the Americas are in North America 190m Cannabis $157bn Tobacco 9.6m Cocaine $110bn 5.8m Amphetamines Illegal Drugs 3.2m Ecstasy $107bn 2.3m Opiates .. .. Overeating $40bn Gambling The US's Most Expensive Addictions (estimated annual cost, inc, health expenses) Total Number of Users in the Americas by Drug in 2007 (inc. North, Central and South America and the Caribbean) South America produces nearly all the cocaine, but North America consumes USA 7,300 tons Cannabis almost 50% Mexico 80% 149 tons of methamphetamine Heroin Colombia used in the US is 14 tons Colombia produced in Mexico Heroin 4,000 tons Cannabis Colombia Mexico 600 tons 15,800 tons Cocaine Cannabis Bolivia 100 tons Cocaine Peru 300 tons Cocaine Main Drug Producing Countries in the Americas Paraguay 16,500 tons The American hemisphere produces half of the world's total cannabis herb Cannabis Breakdown of Drug Seizures by Region (2006) Africa North America South America 8 tons 5229 tons 705 tons 4 tons Amphetamines Cannabis Cocaine Ecstasy Asia Europe Oceania Sources: UN World Drug Report 2009 UN "Threat of Narco-Trafficking in the Americas" Report UN "A Century of International Drug Control" Report Forbes.com The Guardian • • • ● • Illegal Drugs in the Americas NGP Hent Generation Phamaceticel $166bn 68% Alcohol of total drug users in the Americas are in North America 190m Cannabis $157bn Tobacco 9.6m Cocaine $110bn 5.8m Amphetamines Illegal Drugs 3.2m Ecstasy $107bn 2.3m Opiates .. .. Overeating $40bn Gambling The US's Most Expensive Addictions (estimated annual cost, inc, health expenses) Total Number of Users in the Americas by Drug in 2007 (inc. North, Central and South America and the Caribbean) South America produces nearly all the cocaine, but North America consumes USA 7,300 tons Cannabis almost 50% Mexico 80% 149 tons of methamphetamine Heroin Colombia used in the US is 14 tons Colombia produced in Mexico Heroin 4,000 tons Cannabis Colombia Mexico 600 tons 15,800 tons Cocaine Cannabis Bolivia 100 tons Cocaine Peru 300 tons Cocaine Main Drug Producing Countries in the Americas Paraguay 16,500 tons The American hemisphere produces half of the world's total cannabis herb Cannabis Breakdown of Drug Seizures by Region (2006) Africa North America South America 8 tons 5229 tons 705 tons 4 tons Amphetamines Cannabis Cocaine Ecstasy Asia Europe Oceania Sources: UN World Drug Report 2009 UN "Threat of Narco-Trafficking in the Americas" Report UN "A Century of International Drug Control" Report Forbes.com The Guardian • • • ● • Illegal Drugs in the Americas NGP Hent Generation Phamaceticel $166bn 68% Alcohol of total drug users in the Americas are in North America 190m Cannabis $157bn Tobacco 9.6m Cocaine $110bn 5.8m Amphetamines Illegal Drugs 3.2m Ecstasy $107bn 2.3m Opiates .. .. Overeating $40bn Gambling The US's Most Expensive Addictions (estimated annual cost, inc, health expenses) Total Number of Users in the Americas by Drug in 2007 (inc. North, Central and South America and the Caribbean) South America produces nearly all the cocaine, but North America consumes USA 7,300 tons Cannabis almost 50% Mexico 80% 149 tons of methamphetamine Heroin Colombia used in the US is 14 tons Colombia produced in Mexico Heroin 4,000 tons Cannabis Colombia Mexico 600 tons 15,800 tons Cocaine Cannabis Bolivia 100 tons Cocaine Peru 300 tons Cocaine Main Drug Producing Countries in the Americas Paraguay 16,500 tons The American hemisphere produces half of the world's total cannabis herb Cannabis Breakdown of Drug Seizures by Region (2006) Africa North America South America 8 tons 5229 tons 705 tons 4 tons Amphetamines Cannabis Cocaine Ecstasy Asia Europe Oceania Sources: UN World Drug Report 2009 UN "Threat of Narco-Trafficking in the Americas" Report UN "A Century of International Drug Control" Report Forbes.com The Guardian • • • ● • Illegal Drugs in the Americas NGP Hent Generation Phamaceticel $166bn 68% Alcohol of total drug users in the Americas are in North America 190m Cannabis $157bn Tobacco 9.6m Cocaine $110bn 5.8m Amphetamines Illegal Drugs 3.2m Ecstasy $107bn 2.3m Opiates .. .. Overeating $40bn Gambling The US's Most Expensive Addictions (estimated annual cost, inc, health expenses) Total Number of Users in the Americas by Drug in 2007 (inc. North, Central and South America and the Caribbean) South America produces nearly all the cocaine, but North America consumes USA 7,300 tons Cannabis almost 50% Mexico 80% 149 tons of methamphetamine Heroin Colombia used in the US is 14 tons Colombia produced in Mexico Heroin 4,000 tons Cannabis Colombia Mexico 600 tons 15,800 tons Cocaine Cannabis Bolivia 100 tons Cocaine Peru 300 tons Cocaine Main Drug Producing Countries in the Americas Paraguay 16,500 tons The American hemisphere produces half of the world's total cannabis herb Cannabis Breakdown of Drug Seizures by Region (2006) Africa North America South America 8 tons 5229 tons 705 tons 4 tons Amphetamines Cannabis Cocaine Ecstasy Asia Europe Oceania Sources: UN World Drug Report 2009 UN "Threat of Narco-Trafficking in the Americas" Report UN "A Century of International Drug Control" Report Forbes.com The Guardian • • • ● • Illegal Drugs in the Americas NGP Hent Generation Phamaceticel $166bn 68% Alcohol of total drug users in the Americas are in North America 190m Cannabis $157bn Tobacco 9.6m Cocaine $110bn 5.8m Amphetamines Illegal Drugs 3.2m Ecstasy $107bn 2.3m Opiates .. .. Overeating $40bn Gambling The US's Most Expensive Addictions (estimated annual cost, inc, health expenses) Total Number of Users in the Americas by Drug in 2007 (inc. North, Central and South America and the Caribbean) South America produces nearly all the cocaine, but North America consumes USA 7,300 tons Cannabis almost 50% Mexico 80% 149 tons of methamphetamine Heroin Colombia used in the US is 14 tons Colombia produced in Mexico Heroin 4,000 tons Cannabis Colombia Mexico 600 tons 15,800 tons Cocaine Cannabis Bolivia 100 tons Cocaine Peru 300 tons Cocaine Main Drug Producing Countries in the Americas Paraguay 16,500 tons The American hemisphere produces half of the world's total cannabis herb Cannabis Breakdown of Drug Seizures by Region (2006) Africa North America South America 8 tons 5229 tons 705 tons 4 tons Amphetamines Cannabis Cocaine Ecstasy Asia Europe Oceania Sources: UN World Drug Report 2009 UN "Threat of Narco-Trafficking in the Americas" Report UN "A Century of International Drug Control" Report Forbes.com The Guardian • • • ● •