Regional and Country-Level Drug Observatories & Surveillance Systems

Australia and Oceania
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Accessible data Settings Primary Substances Country
  • Population-level substance use identification
  • Treatment entry screening and triage
  • Monitoring treatment outcomes
  • National surveillance systems
  • Clinical and specialist treatment services
  • General population screening
  • Multi-substance use
  • Alcohol
  • Cannabis
  • Opioids
Australia
National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program
Accessible data Settings Primary Substances Country
  • Early warning and trend monitoring
  • Population-level substance use identification
  • National surveillance systems
  • Research and epidemiological studies
  • Stimulants
  • Cannabis
  • Opioids
  • Multi-substance use
Australia
Ministry of Health Drug Data
Accessible data Settings Primary Substances Country
  • Population-level substance use identification
  • Monitoring treatment outcomes
  • Treatment entry screening and triage
  • National surveillance systems
  • Clinical and specialist treatment services
  • Multi-substance use
  • Alcohol
  • Cannabis
  • Opioids
New Zealand
NZ Drug Foundation
Accessible data Settings Primary Substances Country
  • Policy and programme monitoring
  • Population-level substance use identification
  • Early warning and trend monitoring
  • Policy and programme monitoring
  • Research and epidemiological studies
  • Community services
  • Multi-substance use
  • Cannabis
  • Alcohol
New Zealand
Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission – Wastewater Monitoring
Accessible data Settings Primary Substances Country
  • Early warning and trend monitoring
  • Population-level substance use identification
  • National surveillance systems
  • Research and epidemiological studies
  • Stimulants
  • Cannabis
  • Opioids
  • Multi-substance use
All countries in region
Pacific Islands Drug Monitoring (UNODC-supported)
Accessible data Settings Primary Substances Country
  • Early warning and trend monitoring
  • Drug-related crime & justice
  • Population-level substance use identification
  • National surveillance systems
  • Criminal justice settings
  • Illicit drugs
  • Cannabis
All countries in region
Central Asia and the Caucuses
Republican Scientific and Practical Center on Mental Health 
Accessible data Settings Primary Substances Country
  • Treatment entry screening and triage
  • Monitoring treatment outcomes
  • Mental health and co-occurring condition screening
  • Clinical and specialist treatment services
  • Research and epidemiological studies
  • National surveillance systems
  • Multi-substance use
  • Opioids
  • Substance use linked to mental health conditions
Kazakhstan
Republican Narcology Centre 
Accessible data Settings Primary Substances Country
  • Treatment entry screening and triage
  • Monitoring treatment outcomes
  • Clinical and specialist treatment services
  • National surveillance systems
  • Multi-substance use
  • Opioids
Kyrgyzstan
National Drug Control Authorities 
Accessible data Settings Primary Substances Country
  • Drug-related crime & justice
  • Policy and programme monitoring
  • Criminal justice settings
  • Policy and programme monitoring
  • Illicit drugs
  • Opioids
  • Cannabis
Uzbekistan
East Asia
National Narcotics Control Commission
Accessible data Settings Primary Substances Country
  • Drug-related crime & justice
  • Early warning and trend monitoring
  • Population-level substance use identification
  • Criminal justice settings
  • National surveillance systems
  • Policy and programme monitoring
  • Illicit drugs
  • Stimulants
  • Cannabis
  • Emerging psychoactive substances
Switzerland
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare 
Accessible data Settings Primary Substances Country
  • Population-level substance use identification
  • Treatment entry screening and triage
  • Monitoring treatment outcomes
  • National surveillance systems
  • Clinical and specialist treatment services
  • Multi-substance use
  • Alcohol
  • Opioids
  • Prescription medications
Japan
Europe
General Directorate for Intervention on Addictive Behaviours
Accessible data Settings Primary Substances Country
  • Treatment entry screening and triage
  • Monitoring treatment outcomes
  • Policy and programme monitoring
  • National surveillance systems
  • Clinical and specialist treatment services
  • Policy and programme monitoring
  • Multi-substance use
  • Alcohol
  • Opioids
Portugal
Observatoire Français des Drogues et des Tendances Addictives
Accessible data Settings Primary Substances Country
  • Population-level substance use identification
  • Early warning and trend monitoring
  • Treatment entry screening and triage
  • National surveillance systems
  • Research and epidemiological studies
  • Clinical and specialist treatment services
  • Multi-substance use
  • Cannabis
  • Stimulants
  • Opioids
France
German Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction
Accessible data Settings Primary Substances Country
  • Population-level substance use identification
  • Treatment entry screening and triage
  • Monitoring treatment outcomes
  • National surveillance systems
  • Research and epidemiological studies
  • Clinical and specialist treatment services
  • Multi-substance use
  • Alcohol
  • Cannabis
  • Opioids
Germany
Spanish National Drug Observatory
Accessible data Settings Primary Substances Country
  • Population-level substance use identification
  • Treatment entry screening and triage
  • Early detection and brief intervention
  • National surveillance systems
  • Clinical and specialist treatment services
  • Community services
  • Multi-substance use
  • Cannabis
  • Alcohol
Spain
Office for Health Improvement & Disparities
Accessible data Settings Primary Substances Country
  • Monitoring treatment outcomes
  • Population-level substance use identification
  • Early warning and trend monitoring
  • National surveillance systems
  • Clinical and specialist treatment services
  • Policy and programme monitoring
  • Opioids
  • Multi-substance use
  • Alcohol
UK
National Department for Anti-Drug Policies
Accessible data Settings Primary Substances Country
  • Population-level substance use identification
  • Policy and programme monitoring
  • National surveillance systems
  • Policy and programme monitoring
  • Multi-substance use
  • Cannabis
  • Alcohol
Italy
Global
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Accessible data Settings Primary Substances Country
  • Population-level substance use identification
  • Early warning and trend monitoring
  • Drug-related crime & justice
  • National surveillance systems
  • Policy and programme monitoring
  • Criminal justice settings
  • Illicit drugs
  • Stimulants
  • Emerging psychoactive substances
  • Cannabis
  • Opioids
Global
World Health Organization
Accessible data Settings Primary Substances Country
  • Population-level substance use identification
  • Monitoring treatment outcomes
  • Mental health and co-occurring condition screening
  • National surveillance systems
  • Clinical and specialist treatment services
  • Research and epidemiological studies
  • Multi-substance use
  • Alcohol
  • Tobacco / nicotine
  • Opioids
Global
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
Accessible data Settings Primary Substances Country
  • HIV and substance-related behavioural risk
  • Population-level substance use identification
  • National surveillance systems
  • High-risk population services
  • Policy and programme monitoring
  • Injection-related risk behaviours
  • Opioids
  • Multi-substance use
Global
International Narcotics Control Board
Accessible data Settings Primary Substances Country
  • Policy and programme monitoring
  • Clinical assessment and treatment planning
  • Policy and programme monitoring
  • National surveillance systems
  • Clinical and specialist treatment services
  • Prescription medications
  • Opioids
  • Sedatives / Benzodiazepines
Global
Latin America
Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission
Accessible data Settings Primary Substances Country
  • Population-level substance use identification
  • Policy and programme monitoring
  • Drug-related crime & justice
  • National surveillance systems
  • Policy and programme monitoring
  • Criminal justice settings
  • Multi-substance use
  • Cocaine / Stimulants
  • Cannabis
All countries in region
Brazilian Observatory on Drug Information
Accessible data Settings Primary Substances Country
  • Population-level substance use identification
  • Treatment entry screening and triage
  • Policy and programme monitoring
  • National surveillance systems
  • Clinical and specialist treatment services
  • Policy and programme monitoring
  • Multi-substance use
  • Alcohol
  • Cannabis
  • Cocaine / Stimulants
Brazil
Observatorio de Drogas de Colombia
Accessible data Settings Primary Substances Country
  • Population-level substance use identification
  • Drug-related crime & justice
  • Treatment entry screening and triage
  • National surveillance systems
  • Criminal justice settings
  • Clinical and specialist treatment services
  • Cocaine / Stimulants
  • Cannabis
  • Multi-substance use
Colombia
SENDA Observatory
Accessible data Settings Primary Substances Country
  • Population-level substance use identification
  • Youth and adolescent risk identification
  • Early detection and brief intervention
  • General population screening
  • Schools and adolescent services
  • Community services
  • Alcohol
  • Cannabis
  • Multi-substance use
Chile
DEVIDA Observatory
Accessible data Settings Primary Substances Country
  • Drug-related crime & justice
  • Population-level substance use identification
  • Early detection and brief intervention
  • Criminal justice settings
  • Community services
  • National surveillance systems
  • Cocaine / Stimulants
  • Cannabis
  • Multi-substance use
Uruguay
North Africa and the Middle East
Iranian National Center for Addiction Studies
Accessible data Settings Primary Substances Country
  • Population-level substance use identification
  • Treatment entry screening and triage
  • Monitoring treatment outcomes
  • National surveillance systems
  • Clinical and specialist treatment services
  • Research and epidemiological studies
  • Opioids
  • Multi-substance use
  • Prescription medications
Iran
National Rehabilitation Center
Accessible data Settings Primary Substances Country
  • Treatment entry screening and triage
  • Monitoring treatment outcomes
  • Clinical assessment and treatment planning
  • Clinical and specialist treatment services
  • Research and epidemiological studies
  • Multi-substance use
  • Opioids
  • Stimulants
United Arab Emirates
National Committee for Narcotics Control 
Accessible data Settings Primary Substances Country
  • Drug-related crime & justice
  • Early detection and brief intervention
  • Policy and programme monitoring
  • Criminal justice settings
  • Community services
  • Policy and programme monitoring
  • Illicit drugs
  • Stimulants
  • Cannabis
Saudi Arabia
Public Security Directorate – Anti-Narcotics Dept 
Accessible data Settings Primary Substances Country
  • Drug-related crime & justice
  • Early warning and trend monitoring
  • Criminal justice settings
  • National surveillance systems
  • Illicit drugs
  • Stimulants
  • Cannabis
  • Opioids
Jordan
North America
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Accessible data Settings Primary Substances Country
  • Population-level substance use identification
  • Youth and adolescent risk identification
  • Early warning and trend monitoring
  • Research and epidemiological studies
  • Schools and adolescent services
  • National surveillance systems
  • Multi-substance use
  • Cannabis
  • Stimulants
  • Opioids
United States
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Accessible data Settings Primary Substances Country
  • Monitoring treatment outcomes
  • Population-level substance use identification
  • HIV and substance-related behavioural risk
  • National surveillance systems
  • Research and epidemiological studies
  • Opioids
  • Injection-related risk behaviours
  • Multi-substance use
United States
Pan American Health Organization
Accessible data Settings Primary Substances Country
  • Monitoring treatment outcomes
  • Mental health and co-occurring condition screening
  • Population-level substance use identification
  • National surveillance systems
  • Clinical and specialist treatment services
  • Research and epidemiological studies
  • Multi-substance use
  • Alcohol
  • Opioids
All countries in region
State-level PDMPs
Accessible data Settings Primary Substances Country
  • Early warning and trend monitoring
  • Policy and programme monitoring
  • Clinical and specialist treatment services
  • Policy and programme monitoring
  • Prescription medications
  • Opioids
  • Sedatives / Benzodiazepines
United States
Drug Abuse Warning Network
Accessible data Settings Primary Substances Country
  • Early warning and trend monitoring
  • Monitoring treatment outcomes
  • Emergency departments
  • National surveillance systems
  • Opioids
  • Stimulants
  • Multi-substance use
United States
Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction
Accessible data Settings Primary Substances Country
  • Population-level substance use identification
  • Policy and programme monitoring
  • Monitoring treatment outcomes
  • National surveillance systems
  • Policy and programme monitoring
  • Clinical and specialist treatment services
  • Multi-substance use
  • Opioids
  • Cannabis
  • Alcohol
Canada
The Canadian Drug and Substance Watch
Accessible data Settings Primary Substances Country
  • Monitoring treatment outcomes
  • Population-level substance use identification
  • Digital self-screening and surveillance
  • National surveillance systems
  • Digital / mobile health platforms
  • Opioids
  • Multi-substance use
  • Injection-related risk behaviours
Canada
Public Health Agency of Canada
Accessible data Settings Primary Substances Country
  • Policy and programme monitoring
  • Population-level substance use identification
  • Early warning and trend monitoring
  • Clinical assessment and treatment planning
  • Policy and programme monitoring
  • National surveillance systems
  • Community services
  • Clinical and specialist treatment services
  • Multi-substance use
  • Opioids
  • Cannabis
  • Alcohol
  • Prescription medications
Canada
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Accessible data Settings Primary Substances Country
  • Population-level substance use identification
  • Treatment entry screening and triage
  • Monitoring treatment outcomes
  • National surveillance systems
  • Clinical and specialist treatment services
  • Multi-substance use
  • Alcohol
  • Cannabis
  • Opioids
United States
Statistics Canada
Accessible data Settings Primary Substances Country
  • Population-level substance use identification
  • General population screening
  • National surveillance systems
  • Multi-substance use
  • Alcohol
  • Cannabis
Canada
South Asia
Anti-Narcotics Force
Accessible data Settings Primary Substances Country
  • Drug-related crime & justice
  • Early warning and trend monitoring
  • Criminal justice settings
  • National surveillance systems
  • Illicit drugs
  • Cannabis
  • Opioids
  • Stimulants
Pakistan
Department of Narcotics Control
Accessible data Settings Primary Substances Country
  • Drug-related crime & justice
  • Policy and programme monitoring
  • Criminal justice settings
  • Policy and programme monitoring
  • Illicit drugs
  • Cannabis
  • Opioids
Bangladesh
National Dangerous Drugs Control Board
Accessible data Settings Primary Substances Country
  • Population-level substance use identification
  • Treatment entry screening and triage
  • Early detection and brief intervention
  • National surveillance systems
  • Clinical and specialist treatment services
  • Community services
  • Multi-substance use
  • Alcohol
  • Cannabis
  • Opioids
Sri Lanka
National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre
Accessible data Settings Primary Substances Country
  • Population-level substance use identification
  • Treatment entry screening and triage
  • Monitoring treatment outcomes
  • National surveillance systems
  • Clinical and specialist treatment services
  • Research and epidemiological studies
  • Opioids
  • Multi-substance use
  • Prescription medications
India
Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment Reports
Accessible data Settings Primary Substances Country
  • Population-level substance use identification
  • Policy and programme monitoring
  • National surveillance systems
  • Policy and programme monitoring
  • Multi-substance use
  • Alcohol
  • Cannabis
  • Opioids
India
Southeast Asia
National Narcotics Board
Accessible data Settings Primary Substances Country
  • Population-level substance use identification
  • Drug-related crime & justice
  • Policy and programme monitoring
  • National surveillance systems
  • Criminal justice settings
  • Policy and programme monitoring
  • Multi-substance use
  • Cannabis
  • Stimulants
Indonesia
ASEAN Narcotics Cooperation Center
Accessible data Settings Primary Substances Country
  • Drug-related crime & justice
  • Early warning and trend monitoring
  • Policy and programme monitoring
  • Criminal justice settings
  • Policy and programme monitoring
  • National surveillance systems
  • Illicit drugs
  • Stimulants
  • Cannabis
  • Emerging psychoactive substances
All countries in region
Dangerous Drugs Board
Accessible data Settings Primary Substances Country
  • Population-level substance use identification
  • Policy and programme monitoring
  • Drug-related crime & justice
  • General population screening
  • Policy and programme monitoring
  • Criminal justice settings
  • Multi-substance use
  • Cannabis
  • Stimulants
Philippines
UNODC Regional Offciefor Southeast Asia and Pacific 
Accessible data Settings Primary Substances Country
  • Early warning and trend monitoring
  • Drug-related crime & justice
  • Population-level substance use identification
  • National surveillance systems
  • Criminal justice settings
  • Research and epidemiological studies
  • Stimulants
  • Emerging psychoactive substances
  • Illicit drugs
All countries in region
Ministry of Public Security / Drug Control Dept 
Accessible data Settings Primary Substances Country
  • Drug-related crime & justice
  • Policy and programme monitoring
  • Criminal justice settings
  • Policy and programme monitoring
  • Illicit drugs
  • Stimulants
  • Cannabis
US Virgin Islands
Sub-Saharan Africa
ECOWAS Drug Action Plan Monitoring 
Accessible data Settings Primary Substances Country
  • Drug-related crime & justice
  • Early warning and trend monitoring
  • Policy and programme monitoring
  • Criminal justice settings
  • Policy and programme monitoring
  • Illicit drugs
  • Stimulants
  • Cannabis
All countries in region
Drug Control and Enforcement Authority
Accessible data Settings Primary Substances Country
  • Population-level substance use identification
  • Policy and programme monitoring
  • National surveillance systems
  • Policy and programme monitoring
  • Multi-substance use
Tanzania
SADC (Drug Control & Health Programmes) 
Accessible data Settings Primary Substances Country
  • Policy and programme monitoring
  • Monitoring treatment outcomes
  • Policy and programme monitoring
  • National surveillance systems
  • Multi-substance use
All countries in region
African Union Epidemiology Network (emerging) 
Accessible data Settings Primary Substances Country
  • Population-level substance use identification
  • Early warning and trend monitoring
  • National surveillance systems
  • Research and epidemiological studies
  • Multi-substance use
All countries in region
South African Community Epidemiology Network on Drug Use
Accessible data Settings Primary Substances Country
  • Treatment entry screening and triage
  • Monitoring treatment outcomes
  • Early warning and trend monitoring
  • National surveillance systems
  • Clinical and specialist treatment services
  • Multi-substance use
  • Alcohol
  • Cannabis
  • Opioids
  • Stimulants
South Africa
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Initiative
Accessible data Settings Primary Substances Country
  • Youth and adolescent risk identification
  • Mental health and co-occurring condition screening
  • Schools and adolescent services
  • Community services
  • Research and epidemiological studies
  • Substance use linked to mental health conditions
South Africa
National Authority for the Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse
Accessible data Settings Primary Substances Country
  • Population-level substance use identification
  • Youth and adolescent risk identification
  • Policy and programme monitoring
  • General population screening
  • Schools and adolescent services
  • Policy and programme monitoring
  • Alcohol
  • Cannabis
  • Multi-substance use
Kenya
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency
Accessible data Settings Primary Substances Country
  • Drug-related crime & justice
  • Early warning and trend monitoring
  • Criminal justice settings
  • National surveillance systems
  • Illicit drugs
  • Stimulants
  • Cannabis
Nigeria
African Union Commission (AUC Drug Control Programme) 
Accessible data Settings Primary Substances Country
  • Policy and programme monitoring
  • Population-level substance use identification
  • Policy and programme monitoring
  • National surveillance systems
  • Multi-substance use
All countries in region
Narcotics Control Commission
Accessible data Settings Primary Substances Country
  • Drug-related crime & justice
  • Policy and programme monitoring
  • Criminal justice settings
  • Policy and programme monitoring
  • Illicit drugs
  • Cannabis
  • Stimulants
Ghana