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EXPLANATORY NOTES
The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on maps do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. A dotted line represents approximately the line of control in Jammu and Kashmir agreed upon by India and Pakistan. The final status of Jammu and Kashmir has not yet been agreed upon by the parties. Disputed boundaries (China/India) are represented by cross hatch due to the difficulty of showing sufficient detail.
Since there is some scientific and legal ambiguity about the distinctions between “drug use”, “drug misuse” and “drug abuse”, the neutral terms “drug use” and “drug consumption” are used in this report.
The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.
References to dollars ($) are to United States dollars, unless otherwise stated.
Countries and areas are referred to by the names that were in official use at the time the relevant data were collected.
The data on population used in this report are from: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, World Population Prospects: The 2012 Revision.
When referring to drug use, all mentions of amphetaminetype stimulants exclude “ecstasy”. References to “tons” are to metric tons, unless otherwise stated.
The following abbreviations have been used in this Report:
ATS amphetamine-type stimulants BMK benzyl methyl ketone CICAD Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (Organization of American States) EMCDDA European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction Europol European Police Office
3,4-MDP-2-P 3,4-methylenedioxyphenyl-2propanone NSDUH National Survey on Drug Use and Health of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration of the Department of Health and Human Services of the United States of America P-2-P 1-phenyl-2-propanone PEN Online Pre-Export Notification Online PICS Precursors Incident Communication
FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations GDP gross domestic product
System PMK piperonyl methyl ketone
INCB International Narcotics Control Board
PWID people who inject drugs
ISIC International Standard Industrial Classification INCSR International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, of the United States State Department LSD lysergic acid diethylamide MDA 3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine MDMA 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine
UNAIDS Joint United Nations Programme on UN COMTRADE UNIDO UNODC WHO
HIV/AIDS United Nations Commodity Trade Statistics database United Nations Industrial Development Organization United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime World Health Organization
WORLD DRUG REPORT 2014
APAAN alpha-phenylacetoacetonitrile