UNIS/MA/345
20 June 2024

MEDIA ADVISORY

Media briefing – under embargo on the World Drug Report 2024

When: Monday, 24 June 2024 from 3 p.m. to 3.30 p.m., Vienna time (CEST)

Where: online – link will be shared upon registration.

Speakers:

Angela Me, Chief, UNODC Research

Chloe Carpentier, Chief, Drug Research Section, UNODC

Kamran Niaz, Epidemiologist, Drug Research Section, UNODC

Thomas Pietschmann, Research Officer, Drug Research Section, UNODC

Short Summary: The World Drug Report 2024 presents an overview of the current trends on global drug markets and includes the latest information on drug use, production, and trafficking. It also focuses on contemporary issues related to drugs, including cannabis legalization, the growing interest in psychedelics to treat mental health disorders, and the surge in cocaine supply and demand. The report includes special chapters on the impact of the opium ban in Afghanistan; synthetic drugs and gender; as well as how drug trafficking in the Golden Triangle is linked with other illicit activities and their impacts on the environment and communities.  

Please note: The World Drug Report 2024 and all data presented during the briefing are under embargo until 26 June 2024 at 8 a.m. CEST.

Registration: Please register through this link: https://forms.gle/oJefVGxHsrPTEunQ9

• to attend the press briefing
• for an advanced, embargoed copy of the Report, and
• for interview requests.

Registration for online attendance closes one hour before the launch. 

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For further information, please contact:

Reka Furtos
Public Information Officer, UNODC

Email: unodc-press@un.org