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UN report: World’s 200,000 drug-related deaths per year
The use of Heroin is increasing, the danger of hashish is underestimated, and 207.000 people died in 2014 as a result of the use of illicit drugs.
A Heroin Consumer
These are the key points of the world drug report by the UN office for drugs and crime (UNODC) in Vienna. In the 207.000 drug-related deaths, it was a very conservative estimate, said the expert of the UN drugs authority, Angela Me, in the Austrian capital. Worldwide, 29 million people were suffering because of their drug addiction to serious diseases, which was an increase of two million.
Increasing seizures of Heroin in France and Italy
The have to do with the more frequent injection of Heroin in the United States and Europe, explained to Me. “Heroin is back.” As a result, were infected in addition, about 1.6 million heroin addicts with HIV. Six million suffering from Hepatitis C. “The effect of drug use on health continues to be devastating”, says the world drug report. There is evidence that the Heroin trafficking is increasing, according to the Report. For discussions of rising seizures of the drug by the customs in France and Italy.
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Almost 250 million people consumed in 2014, hashish, cocaine, Heroin, or synthetic Designer drugs. The most commonly used illegal drug, according to the UN, Cannabis, the hashish or marijuana on the market.
A smoker pulls on a Joint
Nearly 183 million people access to the Joint, or other forms of this drug. “Cannabis is damaging to health,” warned Me in front of a trivialisation. In the United States and in South America, where individual States or countries, Cannabis has been legalized, the Trend is worrying. “There are a growing number of regular consumers,” said Me.
Coca cultivation has shrunk by more than 30 percent
The global cocaine market seems to shrink according to the UN. The cultivation of Coca from 1998 to 2014 by more than 30 percent fell, thanks in part to national efforts in the fight against smuggling and organized crime. At the same time farmers were encouraged through incentive programs, the cultivation of Opium, and to set instead on alternative plants.
At the same time, the drug Mafia mix new venom-Cocktails: 75 new, stimulating and enthemmende substances, the UNODC reported by the investigators. “The number continues to rise. It is a very dynamic market,” said an expert on Me. About 20 million people, according to the findings of the drug enforcement administration, Ecstasy, amphetamines, almost 36 million grab. Approximately 170 tons of Designer drugs were seized, according to the Report 2014.
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