This entry gives information on the five categories of illicit drugs - narcotics, stimulants, depressants (sedatives), hallucinogens, and cannabis. These categories include many drugs legally produced and prescribed by doctors as well as those illegally produced and sold outside of medical channels. Cannabis (Cannabis sativa) is the common hemp plant, which provides hallucinogens with some sedative properties, and includes marijuana (pot, Acapulco gold, grass, reefer), tetrahydrocannabinol (THC, Marinol), hashish (hash), and hashish oil (hash oil). Coca (mostly Erythroxylum coca) is a bush with leaves that contain the stimulant used to make cocaine. Coca is not to be confused with cocoa, which comes from cacao seeds and is used in making chocolate, cocoa, and cocoa butter. Cocaine is a stimulant derived from the leaves of the coca bush. Depressants (sedatives) are drugs that reduce tension and anxiety and include chloral hydrate, barbiturates (Amytal, Nembutal, Seconal, phenobarbital), benzodiazepines (Librium, Valium), methaqualone (Quaalude), glutethimide (Doriden), and others (Equanil, Placidyl, Valmid). Drugs are any chemical substances that effect a physical, mental, emotional, or behavioral change in an individual. Drug abuse is the use of any licit or illicit chemical substance that results in physical, mental, emotional, or behavioral impairment in an individual. Hallucinogens are drugs that affect sensation, thinking, self-awareness, and emotion. Hallucinogens include LSD (acid, microdot), mescaline and peyote (mexc, buttons, cactus), amphetamine variants (PMA, STP, DOB), phencyclidine (PCP, angel dust, hog), phencyclidine analogues (PCE, PCPy, TCP), and others (psilocybin, psilocyn). Hashish is the resinous exudate of the cannabis or hemp plant (Cannabis sativa). Heroin is a semisynthetic derivative of morphine. Mandrax is a trade name for methaqualone, a pharmaceutical depressant. Marijuana is the dried leaf of the cannabis or hemp plant (Cannabis sativa). Methaqualone is a pharmaceutical depressant, referred to as mandrax in Southwest Asia and Africa. Narcotics are drugs that relieve pain, often induce sleep, and refer to opium, opium derivatives, and synthetic substitutes. Natural narcotics include opium (paregoric, parepectolin), morphine (MS-Contin, Roxanol), codeine (Tylenol with codeine, Empirin with codeine, Robitussin AC), and thebaine. Semisynthetic narcotics include heroin (horse, smack), and hydromorphone (Dilaudid). Synthetic narcotics include meperidine or Pethidine (Demerol, Mepergan), methadone (Dolophine, Methadose), and others (Darvon, Lomotil). Opium is the brown, gummy exudate of the incised, unripe seedpod of the opium poppy. Opium poppy (Papaver somniferum) is the source for the natural and semisynthetic narcotics. Poppy straw is the entire cut and dried opium poppy-plant material, other than the seeds. Opium is extracted from poppy straw in commercial operations that produce the drug for medical use. Qat (kat, khat) is a stimulant from the buds or leaves of Catha edulis that is chewed or drunk as tea. Quaaludes is the North American slang term for methaqualone, a pharmaceutical depressant. Stimulants are drugs that relieve mild depression, increase energy and activity, and include cocaine (coke, snow, crack), amphetamines (Desoxyn, Dexedrine), ephedrine, ecstasy (clarity, essence, doctor, Adam), phenmetrazine (Preludin), methylphenidate (Ritalin), and others (Cylert, Sanorex, Tenuate).
Rank country Illicit drugs Date of Information
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Rank code: 2087
Country Comparison :: Imports
This entry provides the total US dollar amount of merchandise imports on a c.i.f. (cost, insurance, and freight) or f.o.b. (free on board) basis. These figures are calculated on an exchange rate basis, i.e., not in purchasing power parity (PPP) terms.
Rank country Imports Date of Information
1 United States $ 2,117,000,000,000 2008 est. 2 European Union $ 1,690,000,000,000 2007 3 Germany $ 1,232,000,000,000 2008 est. 4 China $ 1,074,000,000,000 2008 est. 5 Japan $ 708,300,000,000 2008 est. 6 France $ 692,000,000,000 2008 est. 7 United Kingdom $ 639,300,000,000 2008 est. 8 Italy $ 546,900,000,000 2008 est. 9 Netherlands $ 474,800,000,000 2008 est. 10 Korea, South $ 427,400,000,000 2008 est. 11 Spain $ 415,500,000,000 2008 est. 12 Canada $ 415,200,000,000 2008 est. 13 Hong Kong $ 388,400,000,000 2008 est. 14 Belgium $ 387,700,000,000 2008 est. 15 India $ 315,100,000,000 2008 est. 16 Singapore $ 309,600,000,000 2008 est. 17 Mexico $ 308,600,000,000 2008 est. 18 Russia $ 291,900,000,000 2008 est. 19 Taiwan $ 236,700,000,000 2008 est. 20 Switzerland $ 227,400,000,000 2008 est. 21 Poland $ 204,400,000,000 2008 est. 22 Australia $ 194,200,000,000 2008 est. 23 Turkey $ 193,900,000,000 2008 est. 24 Austria $ 179,200,000,000 2008 est. 25 United Arab Emirates $ 176,300,000,000 2008 est. 26 Brazil $ 173,100,000,000 2008 est. 27 Sweden $ 167,800,000,000 2008 est. 28 Thailand $ 157,300,000,000 2008 est. 29 Malaysia $ 154,700,000,000 2008 est. 30 Czech Republic $ 139,400,000,000 2008 est. 31 Denmark $ 116,400,000,000 2008 est. 32 Indonesia $ 116,000,000,000 2008 est. 33 Saudi Arabia $ 108,300,000,000 2008 est. 34 Hungary $ 106,500,000,000 2008 est. 35 Greece $ 93,910,000,000 2008 est. 36 South Africa $ 90,570,000,000 2008 est. 37 Portugal $ 87,830,000,000 2008 est. 38 Finland $ 87,510,000,000 2008 est. 39 Norway $ 85,950,000,000 2008 est. 40 Ireland $ 84,820,000,000 2008 est. 41 Ukraine $ 83,810,000,000 2008 est. 42 Romania $ 76,170,000,000 2008 est. 43 Vietnam $ 75,470,000,000 2008 est. 44 Slovakia $ 73,620,000,000 2008 est. 45 Iran $ 67,250,000,000 2008 est. 46 Israel $ 64,400,000,000 2008 est. 47 Philippines $ 60,780,000,000 2008 est. 48 Chile $ 57,610,000,000 2008 est. 49 Egypt $ 56,620,000,000 2008 est. 50 Argentina $ 54,560,000,000 2008 est. 51 Venezuela $ 48,100,000,000 2008 est. 52 Nigeria $ 46,300,000,000 2008 est. 53 Morocco $ 39,350,000,000 2008 est. 54 Algeria $ 39,160,000,000 2008 est. 55 Belarus $ 39,160,000,000 2008 est. 56 Kazakhstan $ 38,450,000,000 2008 est. 57 Pakistan $ 38,190,000,000 2008 est. 58 Colombia $ 37,560,000,000 2008 est. 59 Iraq $ 37,220,000,000 2008 est. 60 Bulgaria $ 35,640,000,000 2008 est. 61 Slovenia $ 33,490,000,000 2008 est. 62 New Zealand $ 32,760,000,000 2008 est. 63 Croatia $ 30,420,000,000 2008 est. 64 Lithuania $ 29,300,000,000 2008 est. 65 Peru $ 28,440,000,000 2008 est. 66 Luxembourg $ 27,730,000,000 2008 est. 67 Libya $ 26,550,000,000 2008 est. 68 Qatar $ 25,110,000,000 2008 est. 69 Tunisia $ 23,230,000,000 2008 est. 70 Kuwait $ 22,940,000,000 2008 est. 71 Bangladesh $ 21,510,000,000 2008 est. 72 Oman $ 20,710,000,000 2008 est. 73 Serbia $ 18,350,000,000 2007 est. 74 Ecuador $ 17,790,000,000 2008 est. 75 Angola $ 17,080,000,000 2008 est. 76 Lebanon $ 16,250,000,000 2008 est. 77 Dominican Republic $ 16,100,000,000 2008 est. 78 Syria $ 15,970,000,000 2008 est. 79 Netherlands Antilles $ 15,740,000,000 2006 80 Latvia $ 15,650,000,000 2008 est. 81 Estonia $ 15,350,000,000 2008 est. 82 Panama $ 15,000,000,000 2008 est. 83 Jordan $ 14,990,000,000 2008 est. 84 Costa Rica $ 14,550,000,000 2008 est. 85 Bahrain $ 14,250,000,000 2008 est. 86 Cuba $ 14,250,000,000 2008 est. 87 Guatemala $ 13,420,000,000 2008 est. 88 Sri Lanka $ 12,610,000,000 2008 est. 89 Bosnia and Herzegovina $ 12,290,000,000 2008 est. 90 Kenya $ 10,690,000,000 2008 est. 91 Cyprus $ 10,540,000,000 2008 est. 92 Honduras $ 10,390,000,000 2008 est. 93 Ghana $ 10,260,000,000 2008 est. 94 Trinidad and Tobago $ 9,788,000,000 2008 est. 95 El Salvador $ 9,003,000,000 2008 est. 96 Yemen $ 8,829,000,000 2008 est. 97 Paraguay $ 8,809,000,000 2008 est. 98 Uruguay $ 8,799,000,000 2008 est. 99 Sudan $ 8,229,000,000 2008 est. 100 Azerbaijan $ 7,575,000,000 2008 est. 101 Ethiopia $ 7,206,000,000 2008 est. 102 Jamaica $ 7,185,000,000 2008 est. 103 Liberia $ 7,143,000,000 2006 104 Tanzania $ 7,080,000,000 2008 est. 105 Uzbekistan $ 7,070,000,000 2008 est. 106 Cote d'Ivoire $ 6,760,000,000 2008 est. 107 Cambodia $ 6,534,000,000 2008 est. 108 Macedonia $ 6,523,000,000 2008 est. 109 Georgia $ 6,261,000,000 2008 est. 110 Iceland $ 5,699,000,000 2008 est. 111 Turkmenistan $ 5,654,000,000 2008 est. 112 Macau $ 5,400,000,000 2008 est. 113 Congo, Democratic Republic of the $ 5,200,000,000 2007 114 Albania $ 4,898,000,000 2008 est. 115 Moldova $ 4,870,000,000 2008 est. 116 Afghanistan $ 4,850,000,000 2007 117 Nicaragua $ 4,848,000,000 2008 est. 118 Malta $ 4,792,000,000 2008 est. 119 Zambia $ 4,694,000,000 2008 est. 120 Bolivia $ 4,641,000,000 2008 est. 121 Virgin Islands $ 4,609,000,000 2001 122 Botswana $ 4,486,000,000 2008 est. 123 Mauritius $ 4,399,000,000 2008 est. 124 Cameroon $ 4,303,000,000 2008 est. 125 Senegal $ 4,263,000,000 2008 est. 126 Uganda $ 3,980,000,000 2008 est. 127 Namibia $ 3,849,000,000 2008 est. 128 Armenia $ 3,763,000,000 2008 est. 129 Kyrgyzstan $ 3,754,000,000 2008 est. 130 San Marino $ 3,744,000,000 2007 131 Tajikistan $ 3,699,000,000 2008 est. 132 Mongolia $ 3,615,000,000 2008 133 Mozambique $ 3,458,000,000 2008 est. 134 Burma $ 3,388,000,000 2008 est. 135 Nepal $ 3,229,000,000 2008 136 Papua New Guinea $ 3,124,000,000 2008 est. 137 Fiji $ 3,120,000,000 2006 138 Equatorial Guinea $ 3,114,000,000 2008 est. 139 Congo, Republic of the $ 3,105,000,000 2008 est. 140 Korea, North $ 3,055,000,000 2007 141 Gibraltar $ 2,967,000,000 2004 est. 142 Gaza Strip $ 2,840,000,000 2006 143 Gabon $ 2,577,000,000 2008 est. 144 Madagascar $ 2,419,000,000 2008 est. 145 Bahamas, The $ 2,401,000,000 2006 146 Mali $ 2,358,000,000 2006 147 Haiti $ 2,107,000,000 2008 est. 148 Brunei $ 2,055,000,000 2007 est. 149 New Caledonia $ 1,998,000,000 2006 150 Chad $ 1,927,000,000 2008 est. 151 Zimbabwe $ 1,915,000,000 2008 est. 152 Lesotho $ 1,880,000,000 2008 est. 153 Swaziland $ 1,855,000,000 2008 est. 154 Benin $ 1,843,000,000 2008 est. 155 Andorra $ 1,789,000,000 2007 156 French Polynesia $ 1,706,000,000 2005 est. 157 Malawi $ 1,587,000,000 2008 est. 158 Barbados $ 1,586,000,000 2006 159 Djibouti $ 1,555,000,000 2006 160 Togo $ 1,541,000,000 2008 est. 161 Mauritania $ 1,475,000,000 2006 162 Guinea $ 1,389,000,000 2008 est. 163 Laos $ 1,384,000,000 2008 est. 164 Burkina Faso $ 1,343,000,000 2008 est. 165 West Bank $ 1,300,000,000 2006 166 Suriname $ 1,297,000,000 2006 est. 167 Guyana $ 1,294,000,000 2008 est. 168 Maldives $ 1,276,000,000 2008 est. 169 Bermuda $ 1,162,000,000 2006 170 Aruba $ 1,054,000,000 2006 171 Seychelles $ 1,018,000,000 2008 est. 172 Monaco $ 916,100,000 2005 173 Cayman Islands $ 866,900,000 2004 174 Cape Verde $ 864,000,000 2008 est. 175 Rwanda $ 834,000,000 2008 est. 176 Niger $ 800,000,000 2006 177 Somalia $ 798,000,000 2006 178 Saint Lucia $ 791,000,000 2006 179 Belize $ 788,100,000 2008 est. 180 Faroe Islands $ 751,000,000 2006 181 Greenland $ 712,000,000 2006 182 Montenegro $ 601,700,000 2003 183 Eritrea $ 601,000,000 2008 est. 184 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines $ 578,000,000 2006 185 Sierra Leone $ 560,000,000 2006 186 Antigua and Barbuda $ 522,800,000 2007 est. 187 Saint Kitts and Nevis $ 383,000,000 2006 188 Burundi $ 350,000,000 2008 est. 189 Grenada $ 343,000,000 2006 190 Mayotte $ 341,000,000 2005 191 Samoa $ 324,000,000 2006 192 Bhutan $ 320,000,000 2006 193 American Samoa $ 308,800,000 FY04 est. 194 Gambia, The $ 299,000,000 2008 est. 195 Dominica $ 296,000,000 2006 196 Solomon Islands $ 256,000,000 2006 197 Central African Republic $ 237,300,000 2007 est. 198 Northern Mariana Islands $ 214,400,000 2001 199 Timor-Leste $ 202,000,000 2004 est. 200 Guinea-Bissau $ 200,000,000 2006 201 Vanuatu $ 156,000,000 2006 202 Anguilla $ 143,000,000 2006 203 Comoros $ 143,000,000 2006 204 Tonga $ 139,000,000 2006 205 Micronesia, Federated States of $ 132,700,000 2004 206 Palau $ 107,300,000 2004 est. 207 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) $ 90,000,000 2004 est. 208 Sao Tome and Principe $ 87,000,000 2008 est. 209 Cook Islands $ 81,040,000 2005 210 Marshall Islands $ 79,400,000 2008 est. 211 Saint Pierre and Miquelon $ 68,200,000 2005 est. 212 Kiribati $ 62,000,000 2004 est. 213 Wallis and Futuna $ 61,170,000 2004 214 Saint Helena $ 45,000,000 2004 est. 215 Nauru $ 20,000,000 2004 est. 216 Tuvalu $ 12,910,000 2005 217 Niue $ 9,038,000 2004 218 Tokelau $ 969,200 2002
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Rank code: 2088