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By 2050, the number of addicts will increase by 25%
Last reviewed: 16.10.2021
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By 2050, the number of addicts will increase by an awesome 25 percent. And this will happen mainly due to the rapid growth of the urban population, which is observed in developing countries, based on the UN report, writes The Sydney Morning Herald. Experts also predict an increase in the number of drug addicts, as cultural obstacles disappear, and sexual equality is established.
It should be said that the level of heroin and cocaine consumption is falling, as interest in these drugs from Western Europe and North America is diminishing. Accordingly, there is a shift towards developing countries. But hemp is not going to leave the position of a consumer leader around the world.
As for synthetic drugs and drugs, experts believe that more and more people will turn to them. In particular, this applies to such continents as Australia and the United States.
A study of about 230 million people showed the following result: in 2010, every 20th drug was taken at least once in life. There are about 27 million people around the world who are chronic addicts. At the same time, opium production increased by 61 percent between 2010 and 2011 in Afghanistan. In the world in total, about 7 thousand tons of opium are produced according to the year of the past. 70 percent of heroin addicts currently live in Africa and Asia.
Yuri Fedotov, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), states: "Drugs kill about 200,000 people every year." But the Global Commission on Drug Policy is confident that the situation could be improved by the decriminalization of drug use. It is the world war against drugs that provokes the HIV / AIDS pandemic.