The Royal Canadian Mounted Police has released their annual Drug Situation in Canada 2006 report.

Among the main highlights from CTV.ca:

In a two-year period, Canada has become a net exporter of ecstasy, once known as the “rave” drug but now available at a wide range of youth-oriented venues.

“Between late 2005 and 2006, Canada replaced the Netherlands and, to a lesser extent, Belgium as the primary supply source of ecstasy for its domestic trade and for the U.S. illicit market,” the report said.

In 2004, authorities in the United States seized 1.1 million ecstasy pills originating from Canada.  In 2006, 5.2 million pills were seized.

About $2.3 billion worth of drugs, based on their estimated street value, were seized in 2006, the RCMP said.

All forms of cannabis — marijuana, hashish, hash oil — accounted for about 93 per cent of this total.

Read the entire report: The Drug Situation Report - 2006.

See prices on Canada’s Illicit Drug Trade.