UNODC World Drugs Report highlights cocaine boom, while collapse in heroin supply could lead to new drug focus

5th August 2025Dr Chris Allen, Policing Insight

The latest World Drug Report from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime suggests that while the cocaine market continues to boom, the collapse of heroin production – due largely to the Taliban-enforced opium ban in Afghanistan – could lead to organised crime looking at alternative drug markets such as fentanyl and crystal meth, as Policing Insight’s Dr Chris Allen reports.

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UNODC World Drugs Report highlights cocaine boom, while collapse in heroin supply could lead to new drug focus

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