Cocaine consumption in the world
In the Global Illicit Drug Trends Report (2003) the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime lists cocaine as the second most common problem drug in the world and the main problem drug in the Americas and the reports that around 14 million people are effected by cocaine consumption with about 9 million in the Americas and 3.7 million in Western Europe. In most nations in the Americas, like the US, and in western Europe, like Spain, cocaine is second or third and usually follows marijuana, but in eastern Europe it ranks as the 4th to 6th most common problem drug. The US is listed at the nation with the largest cocaine market and North America leads the globe with an estimated 6.35 million of people abusing cocaine.
