Amphetamines Market

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Amphetamines
(excluding ecstasy)

Market Overview

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime estimates the total value of the global amphetamines market (excluding ecstasy) to be valued at $28.25 billion.

Number of users worldwide: 24.7 million.

Illicit Drug Market Value:
$28.25 Billion

Source: United Nations, " 2005 World Drug Report," Office on Drugs and Crime, June 2005, pg. 140 http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/world_drug_report.html (accessed: October 4, 2005).

Market price and users of Amphetamines

Region

Users

Average Price of Meth
(per gram)

Africa
2,000,000

$4.3

Asia Pacific

15,250,000*

$155.86

Central and South America

1,130,000

prices unavailable

Europe

2,700,000

$31.87

Middle East

NA*

prices unavailable

North America

3,190,000

$85.6

*-The United Nations includes the Middle East region into the Asia figures.

Sources:

1. Amphetamines Market Value: United Nations, " 2005 World Drug Report," Office on Drugs and Crime, June 2005, pg. 140 http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/world_drug_report.html (accessed: October 4, 2005).

2. Number of Amphetamines users: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, "2008 World Drug Report," June 2008,
Executive Summary, pg. 5, http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/data-and-analysis/WDR-2008.html.

3. Breakdown of Amphetamines users: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, "2006 World Drug Report," June 2006, pg. 143, http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/world_drug_report.html (last accessed: July 11, 2006).