Cocaine Insights 2

In the context of an ongoing expansion of the global cocaine market, this report summarizes the current state of knowledge on what cocaine consumer products are and how they are produced and consumed in different world regions. The report is based on available published evidence and on the knowledge gained through UNODC’s monitoring activities in South American countries.

It offers insight into the spectrum of cocaine products in order to assist practitioners in drug supply and drug demand reduction, such as law enforcement agencies and healthcare providers, to tailor their response to the production, trafficking and consumption of cocaine products.

Knowledge gaps still remain in many world markets regard- ing the cocaine products available to users, in terms of their chemical form, purity, cutting agents used for dilution and adulteration, price and routes of administration.