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The World Drugs report for 2012 is out and it shows that 230 million people around the world – 1 in 20 of us – took illicit drugs in the last year. The report also says that problem drug users, mainly heroin – and cocaine-dependent people number about 27 million, roughly 0.6% of the world adult population. That’s 1 in every 200 people. The report is published by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and is full of fascinating stats – we’ve extracted some of the key ones for you in this visualization, created by Andy Cotgreave of Tableau. Click on the map to see how drug use changes around the world
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