Supply & Market Disruption

Supply and market disruption refers to coordinated strategies aimed at reducing the production, trafficking, distribution, and availability of illicit substances. These strategies often involve law enforcement, regulatory controls, border management, and financial investigations designed to disrupt drug trafficking networks and weaken illicit drug markets. By targeting supply chains and market dynamics, these efforts aim to reduce the availability of drugs, increase the risks and costs associated with illegal production and distribution, and contribute to broader efforts to reduce substance-related harms. Effective supply and market disruption typically operates alongside public health, prevention, treatment, and recovery responses as part of a comprehensive approach to substance use. 

Why Are Many American Adults Misusing Prescription Painkillers?

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Prescription painkillers are second only to marijuana as the United States drug of choice. Around 91.8 million Americans aged 18 and above used prescription painkillers in 2014, according to the 2015 National Survey on Drug Use and Health...

Illuminating the Dark Web

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The Economist reports that the drug trade is moving from the street to so-called online ‘cryptomarkets’, or secret virtual-shop-fronts. Online markets currently facilitate a comparatively small amount of illegal drug sales. Nonetheless...

2017 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report

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This week the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) publicly rolled out the 2017 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR), an annual report by the Department of State to Congress prepared in...
2017 INCSR

Revealed: The Global Cost of Smoking

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Smoking and its related harms cost the world more than $1 trillion and claim the lives of around 6 million people each year, according to a new report from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the National Cancer Institute. $1 trillion...

Police Seize 1,100 kg in Australia's 'Largest Cocaine Bust'

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The largest seizure of cocaine has been documented with the arrest of 15 men. The drugs transited through the South Pacific and followed a seizure in French Polynesia. This bust is indicative of a growing concern of increased drug...
Cocaine Bust Australia

2016 National Drug Threat Assessment

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The purpose of the DEA's 2016 National Drug Threat Assessment is to provide timely and relevant strategic drug-related intelligence for policymakers in the United States to formulate counterdrug policies. Further, it helps law enforcement...
National Drug Threat Assessment