Purpose
Program 2000
Basis of Work

Resources
	Drug Information for the Americas (Regional Page )
	Statistical Sumaries
	Referential Databases
	Links

non-governmental sources will be received only with the written authorization of the government of the country concerned.  Priority, in the start-up period of the Observatory, is on:

• the demand for drugs, and research on effective prevention and treatment; 

• national strategies, policies, and legislation;

• control of trafficking in narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and chemicals;  

• alternative development information; 

• implications of the drug problem for OAS member states. 

The Inter-American Observatory on Drugs will not deal with real time information on ongoing drug investigations or operations.