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Amphetamine and New Psychoactive Substances CONTENTS General abbreviations iii Chemical abbreviations v Explanatory notes vii 1. GLOBAL OVERVIEW 1 2. AFRICA 11 3. EAST AND SOUTH-EAST ASIA, OCEANIA AND THE PACIFIC 19 4. EUROPE 33 5. MIDDLE EAST 43 6. NORTH AMERICA 49 7. SOUTH AMERICA, CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 57 8. WESTERN AND CENTRAL ASIA 63 9. PRECURSOR TRENDS AND MANUFACTURING METHODS 69 i GENERAL ABBREVIATIONS ACC Australian Crime Commission EUROPOL European Police Office ACMD Advisory Council on the Misuse of EWA Early Warning Advisory on new Drugs (United Kingdom) psychoactive substances (UNODC) ADEC Asia-Pacific Operational Drug EWS Early Warning System (European Enforcement Conference Union) AIHW Australian Institute of Health and HKNB Hong Kong Police Force Welfare HONLAF Meetings of Heads of National Drug ANGA Anti-Narcotics General Administration Law Enforcement Agencies (Africa) (Egypt) HONLEA Meetings of Heads of National Drug ARQ Annual Reports Questionnaire Law Enforcement Agencies (Asia and (UNODC) the Pacific) BCS British Crime Survey (United ICE International Collaborative Exercises Kingdom) (UNODC) CCDAC Central Committee for Drug Abuse IDEAS Illicit Drug seizures with relation to Control (Myanmar) European Airports (database) CICAD Inter-American Drug Abuse Control INCB International Narcotics Control Board Commission (Organisation of American INCSR International Narcotics Control Strategy States) Report (United States) CILAD Interministerial Committee for the Fight Against Drugs (Côte d’Ivoire) KOM Turkish National Police CND Commission on Narcotic Drugs (United MMIA Murtala Muhammed International Nations) Airport (Nigeria) CNPA Counter Narcotics Police of Afghanistan MNC Ministry of Narcotics Control (Pakistan) CSEW Crime Survey for England and Wales NACADA National Campaign Against Drug DAINAP Drug Abuse Information Network for Abuse Authority (Kenya) Asia and the Pacific NACRO National Association for the Care and DAINLAC Drug Abuse Information Network for Resettlement of Offenders (United Latin America and the Caribbean Kingdom) DDB Dangerous Drugs Board (Philippines) NDIB National Drug Intelligence Bureau (New Zealand) DEA Drug Enforcement Administration NDLEA National Drug Law Enforcement (United States) Agency (Nigeria) EMCDDA European Monitoring Centre for Drugs NIDA National Institute on Drug Abuse and Drug Addiction (United States) EU European Union NNB National Narcotics Board (Indonesia Police) iii 2014 GLOBAL SYNTHETIC DRUGS ASSESSMENT NNCC National Narcotics Control Commis- sion (China) NPA National Police Agency (Japan) NPS New psychoactive substances NSDUH National Survey on Drug Use and Health (United States) OAS Organization of American States OID Inter-American Observatory on Drugs ONCB Office of the Narcotics Control Board (Thailand) PAAD Operation Phenylacetic Acid and its Derivatives (INCB) PPB Pharmacy and Poisons Board (Kenya) PRADICAN Andean Community Programme against Illicit Drugs RCMP Royal Canadian Mounted Police RMP Royal Malaysian Police SACENDU South African Community Epidemiol- ogy Network on Drug Use SAMHSA Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (United States) SICECA Information System of the State Council on Addictions (Mexico) SMART Global Synthetics Monitoring: Analyses, Reporting and Trends Programme (UNODC) UNODC United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime WDR World Drug Report (UNODC) WHO World Health Organization YSS Youth Smoking Survey (Canada) iv CHEMICAL ABBREVIATIONS 25B-NBOMe 1-(4-Bromo-2,5-dimethoxyphenyl)- DMT Dimethyltryptamine N-[(2-methoxyphenyl)methyl] Gamma ethanamine GHB -hydroxybutyrate 25C-NBOMe 1-(4-Chloro-2,5-dimethoxyphenyl)- JWH-018 (1-Pentyl-1H-indol-3-yl)-1-naphthale- N-[(2-methoxyphenyl)methyl] nyl-methanone ethanamine LSD (+)-Lysergide 25I-NBOMe 1-(4-Iodo-2,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-N- mCPP 1-(3-Chlorophenyl) piperazine [(2-methoxyphenyl)methyl]ethanamine MDA 3,4-Methylenedioxyamphetamine 3,4-MDP-2-P 3,4-Methylenedioxyphenylpropan- 2-one MDAI 5,6-Methylenedioxy-2-aminoindane 2-AI 2-Aminoindane MDEA/MDE 3,4-Methylenedioxyethylamphetamine 2C-B 4-Bromo-2,5-dimethoxyphenethyl- MDMA 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine amine MDPBP 3,4-Methylenedioxy-- 2C-E 4-Ethyl-2,5-dimethoxyphenethylamine pyrrolidinobutyrophenone 2C-I 4-Iodo-2,5-dimethoxyphenethylamine MDPV 3,4-Methylenedioxypyrovalerone 5-MeO-DMT 5-Methoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine MN-24 1-Pentyl-N-(naphthalen-1-yl)-1H- 5-MeO-DPT 5-Methoxy-N,N-dipropyltryptamine indole-3-carboxamide NPS New Psychoactive Substances AKB-48/ 1-Pentyl-N-tricyclo[3.3.1.13,7] APINACA dec-1-yl-1H-indazole-3-carboxamide P-2-P/PMK 1-Phenyl-2-propanone APAAN alpha-Phenylacetoacetonitrile PB-22 Quinolin-8-yl-1-pentyl-1H-indole- 3-carboxylate -PVP alpha-Pyrrolidinopentiophenone PCP Phencyclidine ATS Amphetamine-type stimulants PMMA para-Methoxymethamphetamine, bk-MBDB 1-(1,3-Benzodioxol-5-yl)- 2-(methylamino)butan-1-one TFMMP 1-(3-Trifluoromethylphenyl)piperazine BTCP Benzothiophenylcyclohexylpiperidine THC delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol BZP 1-Benzylpiperazine v EXPLANATORY NOTES The designations employed and the presentation of the Synthetic drugs – For the purpose of this report, the term material in this publication do not imply the expression synthetic drugs includes both Amphetamine-Type Stimu- of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat lants (ATS) and New Psychoactive Substances (NPS). of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any Maps – The origins of the drug flow arrows do not neces- country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or con- sarily indicate the source/manufacture of the drug in ques- cerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. tion, but instead represent the flows as perceived by Countries and areas are referred to by the names that were recipient countries. The boundaries and names shown and in official use at the time the relevant data were the designations used on maps do not imply official collected. endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. Dashed The following notes describe certain terms, data sources lines represent undetermined boundaries. A dotted line and timeframes used throughout this document. represents approximately the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir agreed upon by India and Pakistan. The final ATS – Amphetamine-type stimulants (ATS) are a group status of Jammu and Kashmir has not yet been agreed upon of substances comprised of synthetic stimulants, including by the parties. The final boundary between the Sudan and amphetamine, methamphetamine, methcathinone, and South Sudan has not yet been determined. ecstasy-type substances (e.g. MDMA and its analogues). In various sections of the present report, amphetamine and Data Sources – Unless indicated specifically, data con- methamphetamine are also referred to as amphetamines. tained in this report draws upon official sources as reported In cases where countries reported to UNODC without in the UNODC Annual Reports Questionnaire (ARQ), indicating the specific ATS they are referring to, the term the UNODC questionnaire on new psychoactive sub- non-specified ATS was used. Often drug use surveys in stances by Member States and the International Collabo- South America, Central America and the Caribbean do rative Exercises (ICE) network of drug analysis laboratories, not differentiate between the use of amphetamines (meth- annual and technical reports of the International Narcotics amphetamine and amphetamine) and non-medical use of Control Board (INCB) and the European Monitoring prescription ATS, by using the term "stimulants". Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA), offi- cial government and inter-governmental entities (e.g., Ecstasy –Tablets which are marketed to contain an ecstasy- Interpol/ICPO, Europol, Inter-American Drug Abuse type substance, but may actually contain a variety of other Control Commission of (CICAD), UNODC Field Offices substances, are referred to as “ecstasy” in inverted commas. and HONLEA and HONLAF reports, data systems (e.g., Use of ecstasy-type substances was usually reported sepa- DAINAP, DAINLAC) and scientific literature. rately in drug use surveys and is therefore not included in the non-specified ATS group. Data Timeframes – The statistical data contained in this report covers the period 2008-2012, except in instances NPS – New psychoactive substances are substances of where a longer historical timeframe is necessary to provide abuse, either in a pure form or a preparation, that are not a clear explanation of manufacture/emergence, use and controlled by the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic trafficking of ATS and NPS. Data related to seizures of Drugs or the 1971 Convention on Psychotropic Sub- ATS, their precursors and clandestine laboratories are sub- stances, but which may pose a public health threat. In this ject to change for a variety of reasons, such as new or late context, the term ‘new’ does not necessarily refer to new data being added or revisions in data already provided by inventions but to substances that have been recently Member States. Thus, some figures may differ from previ- become available. ously published figures. All data reported herein reflect the most up-to-date and accurate information available at the time of writing. vii 1. GLOBAL OVERVIEW This report provides an analysis of the global synthetic growing amount of global methamphetamine seizures, drugs market and for this purpose includes both Amphet- which have more than doubled over the same period, amine-Type Stimulants (ATS) and New Psychoactive Sub- reaching 107 tons in 2012. The growing
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