Global Drug Market

[thewestside]

Global Illicit Drugs Market
Production Level - $13 billion
Wholesale Level - $94 billion
Retail Level - $322 billion


Regional Breakdown (Retail Level)
North America - $142 billion (44%)
Europe - $106 billion (33%)
Asia - $35 billion (11%)
Oceania - $16 billion (5%)
Africa - $13 billion (4%)
South America - $9 billion (3%)


Cocaine - $70.5 billion (Retail Level)
North America - $43.6 billion (62%)
Europe - $18.1 billion (26%)
South America - $3.6 billion (5%)
Oceania - $2.8 billion (4%)
Africa - $1.4 billion (2%)
Asia - $1 billion (1%)


Heroin/Opiates - $64.7 billion (Retail Level))
Europe - $37 billion (56%)
Asia - $14.4 billion (22%)
North America - $8.9 billion (14%)
Oceania - $3.1 billion (5%)
Africa - $1 billion (2%)
South America - $0.3 billion (less than 1%)


Cannabis/Cannabis Resin - $142.1 billion (Retail Level)
North America - $64 billion (45%)
Europe - $46.2 billion (33%)
Asia - $11 billion (8%)
Africa - $10.5 billion (7%)
Oceania - $6.2 billion (4%)
South America - $4.2 billion (3%)


Amphetamines - $44.3 billion (Retail Level)
North America - $25.4 billion (57%)
Asia - $8.7 billion (20%)
Europe - $4.8 billion (11%)
Oceania - $3.8 billion (9%)
South America - $1.4 billion (3%)
Africa - $0.2 billion (less than 1%)


United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime - World Drug Report (2005)
http://www.unodc.org/pdf/WDR_2005/volume_1_web.pdf

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[Lee23Claire]

Are the Mexican Cartels still the strongest when it comes to drug trafficking?

[DutchGangster69]

In the United States they are.

[thewestside]

Are the Mexican Cartels still the strongest when it comes to drug trafficking?

Mexican poly-drug trafficking networks have become the dominant wholesalers in most of the U.S. except for the Northeast and South Florida. But they are rapidly expanding into those areas as well. The gateway on the southern border to the biggest drug market in the world is what the cartels in Mexico are fighting over.