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This is a list of countries (and some territories) by the annual prevalence of opiates use as percentage of the population aged 15–64 (unless otherwise indicated).. The primary source of information are the World Drug Report 2011 (WDR 2011) and the World Drug Report 2006 (WDR 2006), [1] [2] published by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
The indicator is the "annual prevalence" rate which is the percentage of the youth and adult population who have consumed the drug at least once in the past year. According to a 2019 study, 5 Swiss cities ( St Gallen , Bern , Zurich , Basel and Geneva ) were listed among top 10 European cities for cocaine use .
The opioid epidemic, also referred to as the opioid crisis, is the rapid increase in the overuse, misuse/abuse, and overdose deaths attributed either in part or in whole to the class of drugs called opiates/opioids since the 1990s. It includes the significant medical, social, psychological, demographic and economic consequences of the medical ...
More than 105,000 people died from a drug overdose in the 12-month period ending in November 2023, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This number is ...
Scotland continues to have the worst rate of drug deaths in Europe, with the latest figures showing 1,172 people died from drug misuse in 2023 – a rise of 12% on the previous year.
These are just the "Drug personalities who died in anti-drug operations" alone. Actual number is much higher. [6] Nicaragua: Americas 325+ 6,218,000 522.7 2018 Up to 535 [7] Jamaica: Americas 137 133 4 0 0 2,898,000 472.7 2018 [8] Trinidad and Tobago: Americas 46 46 0 0 0 1,354,000 339.7 2014 [9] Brazil: Americas 5,804 210,147,125 276.2 2019 [10]
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The countries with the most homicides per unit population are generally countries with small populations (very narrow rectangles in chart, 2021). [1] The list of countries by homicide rate is derived from United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) data, and is expressed in number of deaths per 100,000 population per year. For example, a ...