The synthetic drug market is out of control

Synthetic drugs are reshaping the global drug market.Faster to produce, easier to move, and harder to regulate.This video unpacks the 2025 Global Organized Crime Index findings and expert insights on how fentanyl, methamphetamine, “kush,” and other synthetics are proliferating worldwide. From overdoses in North America’s to West Africa’s state-of-emergency responses, we explore why traditional, geography-based drug policies no longer fit today’s reality; and what cross-sector, cross-border solutions could work.Host:Thin Lei Win - Investigative Journalist and Podcast HostGuests:Jason Eligh - Senior Expert on Drugs and Drug Markets Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized CrimeCecilia Farfán-Méndez - Head of the North American Observatory, Global Initiative against Transnational Organized CrimeH.E. Matilda Aku Alomatu Osei-Agyeman - Permanent Representative of Ghana to the United Nations (Vienna) Learn more: ocindex.net