A UN report said Wednesday that drug use is moving away from cocaine and opiates and growing towards synthetic drugs.

WASHINGTON, June 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- National Press Club 'MORNING NEWSMAKER' News Conference Wednesday, June 23, 2010, 10 a.m. National Press Club (Zenger Room) (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20080917/NPCLOGO ) The Under-Secretary General and Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) ANTONIO MARIA COSTA and The Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) GIL KERLIKOWSKE will launch THE 2010 UNODC WORLD DRUG REPORT -------------------------------- The report provides one of the most complete assessments of the international drug problem, with comprehensive information on illicit drugs.

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime said on Monday that developing countries might face a "health disaster" if wealthy countries fail to control drugs.

The international market for heroin, cocaine and marijuana is declining while demand for synthetic “party” drugs is on the rise, according to a new UN report.

Text of report in English by Afghan independent Pajhwok news agency website Vienna, 26 June: The insurgency-torn southern Helmand Province - growing more poppies than the rest of Afghanistan put together - is fast emerging as the world's biggest drug supplier, the United Nations has warned.