UNITED NATIONS EFFORTS TO STOP ILLEGAL DRUG TRAFFICKING.

SEC. 4102. UNITED NATIONS EFFORTS TO STOP ILLEGAL DRUG TRAFFICKING. (a) Findings.—The Congress finds that— (1) the Department of State estimates that in 1987 the worldwide production of opium was between 1,902 and 3,107 metric tons, production of cocaine hydrochloride was between 324 and 422 metric tons, and production of marijuana was between 10,930 and 17,625 metric tons; (2) it is estimated that the value of the illegal drug trade worldwide is as high as $500,000,000,000 a year; (3) drug traffickers appear to be intensifying their efforts to distribute drugs to Western industrialized nations, as a source of stable currencies; (4) drug traffickers also appear to be intensifying their efforts to distribute drugs to developing nations, as a means to increase their market; (5) it is estimated that there are between 25,000,000 and 30,000,000 drug addicts worldwide; (6) the American illegal drug market alone, comprised primarily of marijuana, cocaine, and heroin, annually produces between $50,000,000,000 and $100,000,000,000 at the retail level; (7) approximately 35 percent of the inmates of State prisons were under the influence of illegal drugs at the time they committed the crime for which they were incarcerated; (8) it is estimated that there are 26,000,000 regular users of illegal drugs in the Nation, slightly more than 10 percent of the Nation’s population; and 102 STAT. 4265 (9) over 50 percent of the high school seniors in the Nation have used marijuana or hashish. (b) Encouragement for Establishment of International Force.—The Congress encourages the United Nations to explore ways and means to establish an international force or mechanism aimed at stopping the trafficking of illegal drugs.