The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime's World Drug Report 2005 estimates the size of the global illicit drug market at US$321.6 billion in 2003 alone. With a world GDP of US$36 trillion in the same year, the illegal drug trade may be estimated as nearly 1% of total global trade. Consumption of illegal drugs is widespread globally.
#Comment: The "Illegal drug trade estimated as nearly 1% of total global trade" is a bad joke - and the real numbers are likely pure dark comedy.
Drug trafficking networks in the world-economy
