World Drugs Report 2007 The World Drug Report presents the most comprehensive statistical view
of today's illicit drug situation. This year's edition reports signs of
long-term containment of the global problem. However, the overall trend
masks contrasting regional situations, which the report examines in
detail. For instance, while an impressive multi-year reduction in opium
poppy cultivation continued in South-East Asia, Afghanistan recorded a
large increase in 2006. More interceptions of cocaine and heroin
shipments across the world have played an important part in stabilizing
the market. However, as we witness successes in some areas, challenges
appear in others. Although drug abuse levels are stabilizing globally,
countries along major and new trafficking routes, such as those now
going through Africa, may face increasing levels of drug consumption.
The World Drug Report 2007 also discusses a possible method to better
assess and monitor the role played by organized crime in transnational
drug trafficking.