Such action should be combined with efforts to prevent the abuse of amphetamine type stimulants, especially experimentation by youth, and to treat abuse of amphetamine type stimulants.

Trends in the abuse of amphetamine type stimulants, by region, 1998 2003

It is a substituted cathinone (β ketoamphetamine), as well as a substituted amphetamine.

Sanctions and penalties for offences relating to amphetamine type stimulants, 2000 2002 and 2002 2004

(d) Abuse of amphetamine type stimulants (ATS) has increased in Asia and Europe since 1998.

(ii) Action Plan against Illicit Manufacture, Trafficking and Abuse of Amphetamine type Stimulants and Their Precursors.

(ii) Action Plan against Illicit Manufacture, Trafficking and Abuse of Amphetamine type Stimulants and Their Precursors

Treatment for drug problems primarily related to heroin, cocaine, amphetamine and Ecstasy use was stable in 2003.

Issue 3. Responding to the threat posed by the manufacture of amphetamine type stimulants within the region

Almost half of the reporting Governments (48 per cent) had enhanced cooperation with the chemical industry to prevent the diversion of precursors of amphetamine type stimulants and with the pharmaceutical industry (42 per cent) to prevent the diversion of licit pharmaceuticals containing amphetamine type stimulants.

Around the world, in order to enhance performance, people are popping pills and powder known as amphetamine type stimulants (ATS).

Further efforts are required to strengthen precursor control and to combat the illicit manufacture of and trafficking in amphetamine type stimulants.

With regard to the admissions primarily for methamphetamine (or amphetamine) and smoked cocaine use, the gender difference is somewhat smaller.5

Last year, the Kingdom seized almost 14 tons of amphetamine, mostly in the form known as Captagon (probably manufactured in Southeast Europe).

Qat is a green leafy plant containing an amphetamine like stimulant, classified by the World Health Organization as a drug of abuse.

In recent years Japan had witnessed a rapid increase in the abuse of amphetamine type stimulants (ATS), such as methamphetamine and MDMA (ecstasy).

Further measures and more effective action continued to be taken by Governments to prevent the irresponsible marketing and prescribing of amphetamine type stimulants.

Ms. Henouda (Algeria) said that according to recent data the abuse of illicit drugs and other amphetamine type stimulants was growing steadily worldwide.

While global coca cultivation and cocaine manufacture had declined steadily since 1999, global illicit opium production and amphetamine type stimulants were on the increase.

The Commission noted the recent successes achieved by Project Prism in addressing the diversion of precursors used in the illicit manufacture of amphetamine type stimulants.

Member States have achieved considerable progress in the implementation of the Action Plan against Illicit Manufacture, Trafficking and Abuse of Amphetamine type Stimulants and Their Precursors.

In other sectors, however, the situation was discouraging, as in the case of illicit manufacture of opium and amphetamine type stimulants, which had continued to rise.

Estimates show that the most widely abused substance is cannabis (close to 150 million people), followed by amphetamine type stimulants (ATS) (including about 30 million for amphetamines).

The author was arrested together with an Irish citizen, from whom 2,996 tablets were confiscated containing a substance that proved to be an amphetamine derivative known as MDA.

Amphetamine ( contracted from ) is a potent central nervous system (CNS) stimulant of the phenethylamine class that is used in the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and narcolepsy.

The legal framework pertaining to the illicit manufacture of, trafficking in and abuse of synthetic drugs, particularly amphetamine type stimulants, has been enhanced and the control of precursors strengthened.

20. Encourages States to establish comprehensive monitoring systems and to enhance regional, international and multisectoral cooperation, including with industry, on the manufacture of, trafficking in and abuse of amphetamine type stimulants

In all cases, intervention needs to be tailored to the changing needs of specific target groups, such as young cannabis and amphetamine type stimulants (ATS) users, injecting opioid users and offenders.

An amphetamine database was maintained as a central repository of all available information related to precursors, known cooks , manufacturers and others suspected of involvement in illicit manufacture and distribution of amphetamines.

h. Studies and analyses of data to identify new developments in and comparative analyses on the licit supply of and demand for narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, such as amphetamine type stimulants

However, the challenges of eradicating drug trafficking and related crime in urban areas remained enormous. His country continued to be used as an important transit point for traffickers of amphetamine type stimulants.

(e) Report of the Executive Director on the world drug problem Action Plan against Illicit Manufacture, Trafficking and Abuse of Amphetamine type Stimulants and Their Precursors (E CN.7 2005 2 Add.4)

Some concern at the world drug abuse situation was expressed, in particular in relation to the continuous increase in production and use of amphetamine type stimulants, but some positive signs were also noted.

Examples of operational cooperation were provided where large consignments of illicit drugs heroin, cocaine and amphetamine type stimulants had been recovered in international operations involving law enforcement agencies from different States and regions.

Some concern at the world drug abuse situation was expressed, in particular in relation to the continuous increase in production and use of amphetamine type stimulants, but some positive signs were also noted.

Those who had been convicted since the opening of the centre, and had been found to be in possession of less than five amphetamine tablets, had been sentenced to rehabilitation treatment rather than imprisonment.

For heroin admissions, the average age was also high, 36 years, compared with the average age of patients treated primarily for cannabis and methamphetamine (or amphetamine) use (23 years and 31 years, respectively).5

The Commission noted that, because of the flexible approach used in Project Prism, it had been possible to deal with threats posed by precursors of amphetamine type stimulants that varied significantly from region to region.

(c) Reporting trends in the abuse of a drug type, such as ATS, may be affected by differing trends in the abuse of different substances (Ecstasy abuse may be increasing while amphetamine abuse is decreasing).

This trend, originally limited to a few countries and to a handful of synthetic drugs (amphetamine, methamphetamine, phencyclidine and LSD), has over the last five years been affecting entire geographic regions, using highly sophisticated methodology.

Although considerable progress has been made to implement the Action Plan against Illicit Manufacture, Trafficking and Abuse of Amphetamine type Stimulants and Their Precursors, further efforts by Governments are needed in order to achieve the targets for 2008.

Jilin Province is not only the most important transshipment point for drugs from North Korea into China, but has itself become one of the largest markets in China for amphetamine type stimulants, said a Brookings report on the subject.

From ravers in all night discos to assembly line workers or long haul truckers, more than 30 million people use amphetamine, methamphetamine (meth), or ecstasy at least once a year more than the combined number of those who take cocaine and heroin.

However, improvement was registered at the regional level with regard to the monitoring of the manufacturing methods used in clandestine laboratories, including the monitoring of the trade in tableting machines and technical equipment required for the illicit manufacture of amphetamine type stimulants.

Implementation of the international drug control treaties, resolutions of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs and the Economic and Social Council and recommendations of the International Narcotics Control Board in connection with amphetamine type stimulants and their precursors, 2000 2002 and 2002 2004