GAP Toolkit Module 1 was prepared with the support of the United Nations
International Drug Control Programme under the Global Assessment Programme on
Drug Abuse (GAP). The main objective of GAP is to assist countries in collecting reliable
and internationally comparable drug abuse data, in building capacity at the local level to
collect data that can guide demand reduction activities, and in improving cross-national,
regional and global reporting on drug trends. To support that process, the GAP Toolkit
Module 1 has been produced to assist States Members of the United Nations in devel￾oping culturally appropriate systems, relevant to the countries concerned, for collecting
drug information, to support existing drug information systems by promoting their con￾formity with internationally recognized standards of good practice, and to focus on har￾monization of drug abuse indicators.