UNIS/MA/359
19 June 2025
When: Monday, 23 June 2025 from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m., Vienna time (CEST)
Where: In person and online – more information will be shared upon registration.
Speaker: Angela Me, Chief, UNODC Research
Short Summary: The World Drug Report 2025 presents an overview of the current trends in 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 expanding synthetic drug market, and the surge in cocaine supply and demand. The report includes special chapters on drug trafficking and organized crime; the impact of drug use on the health of people who use drugs, their families, communities and society; and the impact of drugs on the environment in Europe.
Please note: The World Drug Report 2025 and all data presented during the briefing are under embargo until 26 June 2025 at 8 a.m. CEST.
Registration: Please register through this link:
Journalists who plan to attend in person and are not accredited to the UN in Vienna need to register before 3:00 p.m. on Friday, 20 June by submitting the online form (same link as above).
Registration for online attendance closes one hour before the launch.
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For further information, please contact:
Sonya YEE
Chief, Advocacy Section, UNODC
Email: unodc-press[at]un.org
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