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Tuesday, 26 June 2018

World Drug Report 2018: opioid crisis, prescription drug abuse expands; cocaine and opium hit record highs

World Drug Report 2018: opioid crisis, prescription drug abuse expands; cocaine and opium hit record highs

World Drug Report 2018: opioid crisis, prescription drug abuse expands; cocaine and opium hit record highs. Image: UNODCThe non-medical use of prescription drugs is becoming a major threat to public health and law enforcement worldwide with opioids causing the most harm and accounting for 76 per cent of deaths where drug use disorders were implicated, according to the latest World Drug Report, released today by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).



Published June 27, 2018 at 03:59AM
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