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Prof. Hamid Ghodse, INCB President presented on 19 February 2009 the 2008 INCB Annual Report to the Press, in Vienna Austria.

 

As the international community commemorates the centennial of the drug control system, the International Narcotics Control Board reviews the achievements and present challenges, including the threats posed by the Internet and prescription drugs, as well as the way forward in drug control.

In particular, the 2008 INCB Report outlines the major issues in drug production, trafficking and abuse in different regions. The Report also alerts about new routes for cocaine trafficking, the relationship between security and drugs in Afghanistan and the way criminals are exploiting licit commerce to obtain chemicals for illicit drugs.

(Please click here to start the 2008 Annual Report presentation)

 

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