World Health Organization global Cocaine Project Study
suppressed by the United States for 13 years, 1995 - Release
date - June 14, 2009 In March 1995, the WHO and UNICRI announced
the publication of the results of a global study on cocaine.
Information had been collected in 22 cities and 19 countries
about the use of the coca leaf and its derivatives, its effects
on consumers and the community as a whole, and the answers of
the governments concerned to the cocaine problem. Preparations
for the research began in 1991. Over more than two years, three
sub-projects were developed which "proposed to collect up-to-
date information about cocaine at regional and national levels."
The study was never published despite being "the largest study
ever on cocaine use." Reference to the study can be found in the
UNICRI (United Nations Interregional Institute of Crime
Investigation) library, where it is still marked as "RESTRICTED"
The Director of the PSA, Hans Emblad, sent a copy of the
Briefing Kit to the United Nations