Cocaine use continues to increase in Western and Central Europe as well as South-Eastern Europe, according to several indicators of use and harm.In 2024, demand-side and supply-side domestic market indicators showed diverging trends in Western and Central Europe, suggesting localized disruptions…
Cocaine is the second most used drug in Europe, after cannabis. However, per capita consumption of the substance tends to be lower than in the Americas.Annual use of cocaine is relatively high in Western and Central Europe (the subregion with the third highest average prevalence in the world) and…
Africa has increasingly become a transit and destination region for cocaine trafficking and use.Cocaine seizures in Africa have increased over 20-fold between 2015 and 2024 and an increasing number of seizures implicate African countries as transit or destination. In 2023, seizures en route to…