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

2. - 2 - Problem drugs in the world

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

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

5. - 5 - Substance use in Europe among 15-16 year old students, 2007 Source: ESPAD, 2009.

6. - 6 - Annual prevalence of illicit drug use in Italy, 2001-2007 Source: EMCDDA, Statistical Bulletin 2009

7. - 7 - Number of drug-induced deaths in Italy, 1985-2008 Sources: EMCDDA, Statistical Bulletin and Polizia di Stato, Relazione Annuale 2008 della Direzione Centrale per I Servizi Antidroga

8. - 8 - Number of problem drug users 2002-08 Source: UNODC, 2009 World Drug Report.

9. - 9 - -8% -24% -18% +4% +6% 221,300 181,600 167,600 Lower coca cultivation in 2008

10. - 10 - Source: UNODC, Annual Reports Questionnaire Data / DELTA. Cocaine seizures in Europe 1998 - 2007

11. - 11 - 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

12. - 12 - Western Europe: cocaine prices*, 1990-2007 * Prices weighted by population

13. - 13 - -16% -19% +3% Lower opium cultivation in 2008 Myanmar Afghanistan

14. - 14 - 143 tons 19 % of total production Increasing opiates seizures - 41% + 33% + 14%

15. - 15 - Number of opiate users among West European countries Source: UNODC, 2009 World Drug Report. Italy

16. - 16 - 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

17. - 17 - Falling cannabis use in 15-16 year olds Source: ESPAD, 2009.

18. - 18 - Lifetime cannabis prevalence among adult population, 2005-06 Source: UNODC, 2009 World Drug Report.

19. - 19 - Annual prevalence of ATS use in Italy, 2001-2007 Source: EMCDDA, Statistical Bulletin 2009