REPORTE MUNDIAL DE DROGAS - LIBRO NRO 3: SUMINISTRO DE DROGAS

Europe
7%
Oceania
0.1%
Cannabis
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Fig. 40 Distribution of quantities of cannabis herb seized, 2018
Asia
13% Oceania
0.1%
Europe
7%
Asia
13%
Africa
19%
Africa
19%
Americas
61%
Americas
61%
Source: UNODC, responses to the annual report questionnaire.
South America
43%
North America
South America
17%
43%
Central America
and the Caribbean
1%
North America
17%
Central America
and the Caribbean
1%
2008–2018, falling to 17 per cent of the global total
in 2018, that is, to less than the total for Africa that
year (19 per cent). The next largest regional reported
seizure totals in 2018 were those for Asia and
Europe.
The quantity of cannabis herb seized in 2018
declined by 16 per cent compared with a year earlier,
falling to 4,303 tons, the lowest level since 1999.
As compared with 2010, the quantity seized fell by
34 per cent at the global level, largely due to
decreases reported in North America (-84 per cent),
with marked declines being reported by Mexico, the
United States and Canada. Discussions and policies
aimed at liberalizing the cannabis markets, including
changes in the drug’s legislation in Canada and some
jurisdictions of the United States, legalizing the production,
distribution and the recreational use of
cannabis, seem to have played a key role in this
respect. By contrast, the quantities of cannabis herb
seized almost doubled in the rest of the world over
the period 2010–2018 (South America: +194 per
cent; Oceania: +94 per cent; Europe: +73 per cent;
Asia: +71 per cent; Africa: +53 per cent). The global
cannabis herb trafficking index, based on qualitative
information reported by Member States on trends
in cannabis herb trafficking, also increased over the
same period, although the trend appeared to be stabilizing
in 2018.
Fig. 41 Quantities of cannabis herb seized and reported
trends in cannabis herb trafficking, 2008–2018
Quantitites seized (tons)
7,000
6,000
5,000
4,000
3,000
2,000
1,000
0
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
Source: UNODC, responses to the annual report questionnaire.
180
160
140
120
100
Note: The trafficking trends index is based on qualitative information on trends in
cannabis herb trafficking reported by Member States. The trend line is calculated
on the basis of the number of countries reporting increases minus the number of
countries reporting decreases (2 points for "strong increase", 1 point for "some
increase", 0 points for “stable”, -1 point for "some decline", -2 points for "strong
decline”).
80
60
40
Africa
Oceania
Asia
Europe
South and Central America and the Caribbean
North America
Cannabis herb trafficking trends index
Trafficking trends index: 2010 = 100
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