UNODC in 60 seconds - 02.07.21

This week's 60 second include: UNODC World Drug Report 2021 is out: pandemic effects ramp up drug risks, as youth underestimate cannabis dangers. 379 participants from 55 countries joined online meetings of the first ever UNODC Gender Equality Forum. New UNODC study on aggravated migrant smuggling highlights lack of justice for migrants abused on smuggling routes. UNODC co-organized several events during the 2021 UN Counter-Terrorism Week UNODC and the Government of Mexico presented the report on opium poppy cultivation in the country between 2018 and 2019.