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Rising drug abuse linked to social, economic issues

Many dangers of getting high

Many dangers of getting high International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking this year focuses on spreading the right information on drugs  Share Via Email   |  A+A A- Express News Service KOCHI: The theme of the 2021 International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking is “Share Facts on Drugs Save Lives”. This aims at combating misinformation and sharing more facts on drugs. Around 35.6 million people suffer from drug-abuse related disorders globally, according to the World Drug Report 2020 of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Around 269 million people used drugs in 2018, around 30 per cent increase from 2009. Adolescents and young adults are the victims of the menace. Of the 11 million people who use drugs, half of them live with hepatitis C and 1.4 million live with HIV. As many as 585,000 died in 2017 due to drug use up one-quarter from 2008.’

UN: 275 million people used drugs worldwide in 2020

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