Key findings 11
Operation of the world drugs market 11
Production 11
Consumption 11
Revenues 12
Drug-related problems 13
Policies 13
Policy assessment 15
Conclusions 16
Main report: Assessing changes in global drug problems, 1998-2007 19
Peter Reuter
1. Introduction and methodology 21
2. Markets and quantities 23
2.1 Operation of the markets 23
2.2 Production 25
2.3 Consumption 28
2.4 Revenues 31
3. Drug-related problems 35
3.1 Introduction 35
3.2 Drug-related deaths 35
3.3 HIV 36
3.4 Crime 36
3.5 Economic cost estimates 3 6
4. Policies 39
4.1 Introduction 39
4.2 Prevention 40
4.3 Treatment 40
4.4 Harm reduction 41
4.5 Enforcement 41
5. Policy assessment 45
5.1 Introduction 45
5.2 Unintended consequences 46
5.3 Drug epidemics 47
5.4 Production and trafficking controls 49
5.5 Domestic enforcement 51
5.6 Methodological issues 51
6. Conclusions 53
References 55
Abstracts 59
Report 1 59
The operation of the global drug market
Peter Reuter
Report 2 61
Estimating the size of the global drug market: A demand-side approach
Beau Kilmer
Rosalie Pacula
Report 3 63
Issues in estimating the economic cost of drug abuse in consuming nations
Rosalie Liccardo Pacula
Stijn Hoorens
Beau Kilmer
Peter Reuter
Jim Burgdorf
Priscilia Hunt
Report 4 65
Drugs problem and drug policy, developments between 1998 – 2007
Franz Trautmann
Peter Reuter
André van Gageldonk
Daan van der Gouwe
Report 5 67
The unintended consequences of drug policies
Peter Reuter
Report 6 69
Methodological challenges in the country studies
André van Gageldonk
Peter Reuter
Franz Trautmann
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