- 1 - Rome, July 2009 World, Europe and Italy

- 2 - Problem drugs in the world

- 3 - Global use of psychoactive substances 2007 Sources: UNODC and UNODC estimates based on WHO data Drugs

- 4 - Global deaths related to substance abuse Source: World Health Organisation 5 million 1.8 million 0.2 million Drugs

- 5 - Substance use in Europe among year old students, 2007 Source: ESPAD, 2009.

- 6 - Annual prevalence of illicit drug use in Italy, Source: EMCDDA, Statistical Bulletin 2009

- 7 - Number of drug-induced deaths in Italy, Sources: EMCDDA, Statistical Bulletin and Polizia di Stato, Relazione Annuale 2008 della Direzione Centrale per I Servizi Antidroga

- 8 - Number of problem drug users Source: UNODC, 2009 World Drug Report.

% -24% -18% +4% +6% 221, , ,600 Lower coca cultivation in 2008

Source: UNODC, Annual Reports Questionnaire Data / DELTA. Cocaine seizures in Europe

Very high cocaine seizures Average 2007 purity: 58% Cocaine seizures presented at street purity Equivalent to 412 tons pure cocaine 42 % of total production Italy 4 tons

Western Europe: cocaine prices*, * Prices weighted by population

% -19% +3% Lower opium cultivation in 2008 Myanmar Afghanistan

tons 19 % of total production Increasing opiates seizures - 41% + 33% + 14%

Number of opiate users among West European countries Source: UNODC, 2009 World Drug Report. Italy

Spain England & Wales Germany Austria France Denmark Sweden * UNODC estimates based on local studies. Italy Source: UNODC, 2009 World Drug Report. Falling cannabis use in Western Europe – except Italy

Falling cannabis use in year olds Source: ESPAD, 2009.

Lifetime cannabis prevalence among adult population, Source: UNODC, 2009 World Drug Report.

Annual prevalence of ATS use in Italy, Source: EMCDDA, Statistical Bulletin 2009