In its 2009 report, Canada is cited as the leading supplier of ecstasy in North America as well as a major producer and shipper of methamphetamine for markets around the world. The report cites the growing influence of gangs — Asian gangs on the West Coast and outlaw motorcycle gangs in central Canada.
A package of ecstasy pills is seen in this handout photo provided U.S. Naval Criminal Investigative Service. Canada is the leading supplier of the drug ecstasy in North America and a growing producer of methamphetamine for markets around the world, a new United Nations report has found.A package of ecstasy pills is seen in this handout photo provided U.S. Naval Criminal Investigative Service. Canada is the leading supplier of the drug ecstasy in North America and a growing producer of methamphetamine for markets around the world, a new United Nations report has found. (File photo/Canadian Press)The report says the Canadian-based trade in methamphetamine has grown so much since 2003 that by 2007, 83 per cent of all methamphetamine seized in Australia came from Canada. In Japan, the figure was 62 per cent.