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Global Study Finds Drug Abuse Highest in Richer Nations

(1/11/2012)

By Robert Preidt
HealthDay News
January 6, 2012

About 200 million people worldwide use illicit drugs each year, and use is highest in wealthier nations, a new study shows. The researchers also found that the burden of health problems caused by illicit drug use in developed countries is similar to that caused by alcohol, but much less than that caused by tobacco.

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