Titre : | 2023 INCSR. Vol. I: Drug and chemical control |
Titre de série : | International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) |
Auteurs : | Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs |
Type de document : | Rapport |
Editeur : | Washington, DC : U.S. Department of State, 2023 |
Format : | 239 p. / tabl. |
Langues: | Anglais |
Discipline : | MAR (Marchés / Markets) |
Mots-clés : |
Thésaurus mots-clés PRODUCTION ; TRAITE INTERNATIONAL ; POLITIQUE ; FINANCEMENT ; FORMATION ; CONTROLE DES STUPEFIANTS ; REPRESSION ; BLANCHIMENT ; PARTENARIAT ; PROGRAMME ; CULTURE ILLICITE ; PRECURSEURS ; TRAFIC INTERNATIONAL ; CRIMINALITE ; CORRUPTION ; OPIOIDES ; FENTANYL ; PRODUIT ILLICITEThésaurus géographique INTERNATIONAL ; ETATS-UNIS |
Résumé : |
While the public health crisis of COVID-19 and its concomitant effects on drug trafficking, control, and use abated in 2022, the crisis of substance use continued, though it did not intensify to the same degree as in the past two years. Provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control indicate there were nearly 108,000 drug overdose deaths in the United States during 2021 (the most recent figures available), an increase of almost 15 percent from 2020. While the total is devastating by any measure, the increase was half of the number from 2019 to 2020, when overdose deaths rose 30 percent. Overdose deaths due to synthetic opioids (mostly fentanyl) accounted for 66 percent of the total, although deaths from other illicit drugs as well as prescription pain medication also increased.
Synthetic opioids, especially fentanyl, remain a devastating threat to the United States and globally due to both their extreme lethality and the ease with which drug traffickers can produce them. There is no need for large or elaborate infrastructure; a lab can be set up in one's home and synthetic drugs are often easily trafficked through the mail. They are so potent that even small amounts can be fatal. They are often mixed with heroin or cocaine or added to counterfeit tablets and ingested unknowingly, with deadly results. They are cheap to produce and result in enormous profits to traffickers. A paramount goal of the United States is to confront this threat on multiple fronts, and robust engagement with international partners is essential to this aim. The United States is not alone in confronting the human tragedy of substance use. Illicit drug use is a global trend, increasing in nearly every region, with levels of consumption in many countries similar to those in the United States. In addition to undermining the health and resilience of the individuals who use drugs, substance use weakens the very foundations of society: public health, economic growth, national security, and the rule of law. Communities where it is allowed to flourish are plagued by drug trafficking, violence, lethal overdoses, and illness - negative forces that in turn fuel corruption, economic decline, and hopelessness. [Extract] |
Domaine : | Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs |
Affiliation : | USA |
URL : | https://insightcrime.org/news/5-takeaways-us-state-department-narcotics-report/ |
Lien : | https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/4007976 |
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