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World Drug Report 2022

July 8 , 2022 851 days 708 0
  • The World Drugs Report 2022 was recently released by UN Office on Drugs and Crimes.
  • As per this report, legalization of Cannabis has increased its daily use and the related health impacts.
  • In Africa and Latin America, majority of the people aged under 35 are being treated for drug use disorders.
  • 2 million people globally were injecting drugs.
  • About half of this number suffered with hepatitis C, 1.4 million with HIV, and 1.2 million with HIV & hepatitis C.
  • Cocaine manufacturing has increased from 11 percent in 2019 to 1,982 tons in 2020.
  • Opium production have increased by seven per cent worldwide, during 2020-2021.
  • This predominantly due to rise in production in Afghanistan.

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