Estimating the size of the main illicit retail drug markets in Europe: an update

EMCDDA, Lisbon, December 2019

Summary

This report includes estimates of the total size of the retail drug market in the European Union in 2017 for cannabis, heroin, cocaine, amphetamines and MDMA.

This is a supporting publication to the 2019 EU Drug Markets Report.

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Table of contents

  • Acknowledgements
  • Executive summary
  • Introduction
  • Overview of the methodology
  • Estimating the size of the cannabis market
  • Estimating the size of the stimulants market
  • Estimating the size of the heroin market
  • Overall size of the EU drug market
  • Discussion
  • Concluding remarks
  • Abbreviations
  • References
  • Appendix tables

Main subject:

drug markets