The report applies to the results of 2023 according to law enforcement officers to detain illegal parties in drugs and doctors who need consumers in need of medical care.
In the first place in use in the world – Cannabis (Marijuana), which is taken by 244 million people, followed by opioids (61 million), in terrible place – amphetamines (30.7 million), in the fourth – cocaine (25 million). Closes a list of ecstasy with 21 million.
In total, according to the authors of the report, in 2023, drugs used 316 million inhabitants of the Earth, or approximately 6% of the population of the planet aged 15 to 64 years. In 2013, this figure was 5.2%.
Separately, the document was noted in the production of cocaine production – for 2023 it was only possible to fix the production of 3.7 thousand tons of cocaine, they emphasize that this is “”Historical maximum. “
The highest level of cocaine consumption in the case of the population, according to the UN – in Australia and New Zealand. According to the report, approximately 3% of the inhabitants of these two countries aged 15 to 64 took cocaine in 2023. This is almost twice as much as in America, and almost three times more than in Europe, which are in the following lines in terms of consumption.
America leads in absolute numbers-more people consume it here than anywhere else in the world, the document says.
