Horrible UN drug report

The United Nations Organization (UN) stated that one in 17 people worldwide used drugs in 2021, and drug use has increased by 23 percent in the last 10 years.

The “World Drug Report 2023” was shared with the public by the United Nations International Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). In the report, it was indicated that drug use has increased by 23 percent in the last 10 years, and by 2021, one in 17 people between the ages of 15 and 64 use drugs worldwide.

In the report, which reports that 296 million people used drugs worldwide in 2021, it was noted that this number was 284 million in 2020 and that the rate of drug use increased by 18 percent in one year.

It was noted that estimates of people who inject drugs are higher than in previous years, as treatment services and other interventions remain inadequate, including a “record number of people displaced” by humanitarian crises.

marijuana ranks first

In the report, which shared the information that cannabis is the most widely used drug globally, it was reported that 219 million people used this substance in 2021, which corresponds to 4 percent of the world’s population.

The report noted that approximately 60 million people used synthetic drugs called “opioids,” 36 million people used amphetamine-type substances, 22 million people used cocaine, and 20 million people used ecstasy.

Emphasizing that there has been a significant increase in the number of people suffering from ailments due to drug use and seeking treatment, the report noted that the rate of people experiencing health problems related to drug use has increased by 45 percent. cent in the last 10 years. and the number of people in this situation rises to 39.5 million.

In the report, it was underlined that only 1 in 5 people who have various ailments due to substance abuse can find treatment, and that therapy and treatment opportunities are further limited in this period due to the Covid-19 outbreak.

In the report, which also includes the deadly health problems caused by drug use, 13.2 million people used intravenous drugs in 2021, 1.6 million of them HIV, 1.4 million of them HIV and hepatitis C, 6.6 million of them hepatitis C virus. The information was shared.

In the report, it was noted that there was a marked increase in the number of people who lost their lives as a result of drug use, and that the number of people who died due to substance addiction increased by 17.5 percent in the 2009-2019 period.

The report notes that 5.3 percent (13.5 million youth) between the ages of 15 and 16 used cannabis in 2021, highlighting that drug use started at an early age accelerates addiction compared to adults and causes serious problems in later life. (AA)