UN predicts a huge increase in the number of drug addicts

Today in the world there are about 27 million of incurable addicts. Experts warn that in the next decade, this figure will only grow. By 2050, fans of psychotropic substances will be another 25% increase. Moreover, the number of drug addicts increases, mainly due to women. It is written in the UN report.

Drug-dependent women will be more, as in 30-odd years cultural barriers disappear, and gender equality is established almost everywhere. The growing number of drug addicts UN experts are expected in developing countries. This will contribute to a large influx of rural population to the cities.

People in developing countries, experts predict, will "sit" on the heroin and cocaine. Vendors of these drugs will discover a new "gold mine", as in the United States and Western Europe, a mixture of synthetic drugs and psychotropic drugs began to replace natural. Not only losing ground hemp - it is the leader in use worldwide.

About the future increase the number of addicts   says the fact that in the period from 2010 to 2011 Afghanistan opium production increased by 61%. According to UN figures, in 2011 the world produced 7,000 tons of opium. The survey results of 230 million people, conducted a year ago showed that psychotropic drugs at least once every 20 respondents tried. 70% of heroin addicts live in Africa and Asia. The death rate from drug addiction is an average of 200,000 people a year.

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