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The World Drug Report (WDR) is published by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, 2023).  It serves to collate data received from United Nations member states which enables the...

"The Challenge of New Psychoactive Substances – A Technical Update 2024" is an update of the UNODC publication “The Challenge of New Psychoactive Substances (NPS), 2013”, which focuses on the new psychoactive substances (NPS) encountered on...

Constituting the fourth part of the World Drug Report 2022, this booklet focuses on the market dynamics of various stimulants – cocaine, amphetamines and “ecstasy” – and of NPS.
It contains an analysis of the global market for cocaine...

UNODC has put together summaries of the work that they are doing relating to Drug use and HIV.

Here, you can find out more about the work that UNODC has done relating to

• drug use and HIV
• prisons and HIV
• HIV and the sustainable...

This discussion paper aims to highlight the evidence related to mental and physical health comorbidities in drug use disorders and to promote the development of innovative, evidence-based policies and practices to treat drug use disorders...

The rapid emergence of a large number of New Psychoactive Substances on the global drug market poses a significant risk to public health and a challenge to drug policy. Often, little is known about the adverse health effects and social...

The UNODC Regional Office for Central Asia supported a training of trainers (ToT) on Course 13 – “Contingency Management: A Reinforcement Based Treatment” and “Course 18 – “Clinical Supervision” which took place in person in Bishkek...

Dear friends and colleagues, 

The Commission on Narcotic Drugs is starting very soon! In fact, tomorrow, Monday, 14 March 2022. 

Once again, all sessions, as well as the side events, are to be held online due to the pandemic. The good...

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and specifically the Prevention Treatment and Rehabilitation Section (PTRS)  are working on addressing substance use and substance use disorders in humanitarian settings.
In this context...

This Special Issue explores new drug and behavioural trends during the Covid-19 Pandemic. We welcome multidisciplinary contributions aimed at enhancing the understanding of how “physical distancing” and other radical changes in our...

This report contains a summary of the information available to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on the extent of drug use and its health consequences.

The report includes information on:

• Emerging drig trends
• Challen...