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

Introduction

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
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