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Worldwide Illegal Drug Use Estimated at 200 Million People a Year
(1/11/2012)
By Cari Nierenberg
WebMD Health News
January 5, 2012
Although illicit drug use was linked with about 250,000 deaths worldwide in 2004, alcohol claimed roughly 2.25 million lives globally during that same time period, while tobacco use led to an estimated 5.1 million deaths. Drug deaths tend to occur in younger people, while alcohol and tobacco abuse tends to claim lives in middle-aged and older people.
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