Caterina G. Roman is principal investigator in the Justice Department of The Urban Institute.Heather Ahn-Redding is assistant professor of criminal justice at High Point University.Rita J. Simon is professor in the School of Public Affairs and the Washington College of Law at American University.

• Chapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 The Definition of Drug UseChapter 3 Drugs TodayChapter 4 North America: United States, Canada, MexicoChapter 5 Central and South America: Brazil, Colombia, Costa RicaChapter 6 Western Europe: Great Britain, France, Italy, Spain, the NetherlandsChapter 7 Eastern Europe: Russia, Poland, Bulgaria, Slovak RepublicChapter 8 Middle East: Iran, IsraelChapter 9 Asia: China, Japan, India, ThailandChapter 10 Africa: South Africa, NigeriaChapter 11 The Pacific: AustraliaChapter 12 Concluding Remarks