nnabis (cultivated and wild
varieties) used mostly for domestic consumption; transshipment point
for heroin

Malaysia:
transit point for some illicit drugs; drug trafficking
prosecuted vigorously and carries severe penalties

Malta:
minor transshipment point for hashish from North Africa to
Western Europe

Martinique:
transshipment point for cocaine and marijuana bound for
the US and Europe

Mauritius:
minor consumer and transshipment point for heroin from
South Asia; small amounts of cannabis produced and consumed locally

Mexico:
illicit cultivation of opium poppy (cultivation in 2000 -
1,900 hectares; potential heroin production - 2.4 metric tons) and
cannabis cultivation in 2000 - 3,900 hectares; government
eradication efforts have been key in keeping illicit crop levels
low; major supplier of heroin and marijuana to the US market;
continues as the primary transshipment country for US-bound cocaine
from South America; two major drug syndicates control majority of
drug trafficking throughout the country; primary supplier of
methamphetamine to the US market; growing producer and distributor
of ecstasy

Moldova:
limited cultivation of opium poppy and cannabis, mostly for
CIS consumption; transshipment point for illicit drugs from
Southwest Asia via Central Asia to Russia, Western Europe, and
possibly the US

Montserrat:
transshipment point for South American narcotics
destined for the US and Europe

Morocco:
illicit producer of hashish; trafficking on the increase
for both domestic and international drug markets; shipments of
hashish mostly directed to Western Europe; transit point for cocaine
from South America destined for Western Europe

Mozambique:
Southern African transit point for South Asian hashish,
South Asian heroin, and South American cocaine probably destined for
the European and South African markets; producer of cannabis (for
local consumption) and methaqualone (for export to South Africa)

Nepal:
illicit producer of cannabis for the domestic and
international drug markets; transit point for opiates from Southeast
Asia to the West

Netherlands:
major European producer of illicit amphetamine and
other synthetic drugs; important gateway for cocaine, heroin, and
hashish entering Europe; major source of US-bound ecstasy

Netherlands Antilles:
money-laundering center; transshipment point
for South A