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From the number of users, to how many people die from drug overdoses, a map has been created that shows the extent of addiction across the globe.
The interactive map was made using data from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and reveals the ways different countries address the problem.
It shows that drug treatment is at its highest level in Iran and New Zealand, while Iceland has the highest number of overdoses from drugs in terms of its population size.
Drugs are grouped in the categories including cannabis, cocaine, solvents, opioids - which include heroin, opium and pharmaceutical opioids - tranquilisers and sedatives such as benzodiazepines and barbiturates.
It also includes hallucinogens, like LSD, and amphetamine-type stimulants methamphetamine, amphetamine, ecstasy and prescription stimulants.
Iran and New Zealand treat the most people for drug abuse, according to the map.
In Iran, 14,192 people in every million are treated for opioid and, more recently, meth addiction.
While in New Zealand, 14,392 people per million are treated for drug addiction - mainly cannabis.
The drug is easily available in New Zealand, where numbers suggest 14.6 per cent of adults used it in 2007.
This chart was made using the same UNODC data. It shows information in a slightly different way to how it is portrayed on the map by showing 'top-using' countries by drug. This shows Scotland tops the chart for cocaine and the US is way ahead of other countries when it comes to prescription opioids
But the country that consistently ranks towards the top of global well-being indexes, is aggressively addressing the issue, according to Recovery Brands.
The nation spends NZD$120 million ($79 million or £52 million) a year to treat drug addictions, which works out at NZD$27 ($19 or £13) per person.
Iran has the second-highest rate of treatment.
It borders Afghanistan, the world's top producer of opium, and serves as a major trafficking route, with large amounts of heroin being consumed in the country.
The result is that it has one of the highest proportions of drug addicts in the world - up to one in three of the population - according to reports.
Some 1.3 million people are in treatment programs for heroin alone, official figures claim.
When the map is filtered to show the 'most treated drug type,' it reveals cannabis is the most likely drug in Canada, Mexico, parts of Africa, Australia and New Zealand that people will seek treatment for.
In New Zealand, 14,392 people per million are treated for cannabis abuse. The drug (stock image pictured) is easily available in the country, where it is thought 14.6 per cent of adults used it in 2007
Elsewhere, addiction treatment for cocaine is more common in Spain as well as pockets of South America including Chile, Argentina and Peru.
The treatment of cocaine dominates South American nations because many are large producers of the drug, but interestingly, Colombia, the reportedly largest source of coke, treats more people for cannabis addiction.
The map also shows the demand for the treatment of drugs in general categories, like opioids and amphetamines.
It shows most of the world is bathed in dark opioid blue, mainly due to powerfully addictive heroin, with pure opium, made from poppies, being a big problem everywhere with the exception of India.
Drug problems involving opiods are the most commonly treated in Europe and Asia, as well as the US.
In the UK, opioids make up 60 per cent of types of drug addiction treated, and in the US it is 41 per cent. There, 20 per cent of all cases are for opium treatment.
Stimulants make up the majority of drug treatments in parts of Scandinavia and Eastern Europe as well as Japan, South Korea, Thailand, Laos and the Philippines.
In the majority of these places, meth is the top culprit, making up 99 per cent of all treatments in Laos, but in Sweden, amphetamines top treatment demand.
Meanwhile, sedatives are the largest problem in Mongolia and Namibia, and it is Eritrea in Africa that treats the most people for abuse of solvents.
Another setting on the map makes particularly depressing reading - deaths by overdose.
The data is made up from the most recent statistics available from each country, varying from 2003 to 2013.
Iceland and US top the world in numbers, with 195 deaths per million inhabitants in the US.
However, it is thought many poorer nations don't collect the data, which means it is missing for many African, Asian and South American countries.
Recovery Brands notes that drug consumption is difficult to measure overall, even when UNDOC data is available, because different countries have different ways of counting and reporting numbers, making comparisons difficult.
The organisation also looked at how treatment statistics correspond with rates of imprisonment and conviction, for example.
A chart shows they found a slight correlation between demand for treatments and the proportion of prisoners serving time for drug crimes.
Source and more info: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...-Iceland-smokes-cannabis-opiates-rife-US.html
The interactive map was made using data from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and reveals the ways different countries address the problem.
It shows that drug treatment is at its highest level in Iran and New Zealand, while Iceland has the highest number of overdoses from drugs in terms of its population size.
Drugs are grouped in the categories including cannabis, cocaine, solvents, opioids - which include heroin, opium and pharmaceutical opioids - tranquilisers and sedatives such as benzodiazepines and barbiturates.
It also includes hallucinogens, like LSD, and amphetamine-type stimulants methamphetamine, amphetamine, ecstasy and prescription stimulants.
Iran and New Zealand treat the most people for drug abuse, according to the map.
In Iran, 14,192 people in every million are treated for opioid and, more recently, meth addiction.
While in New Zealand, 14,392 people per million are treated for drug addiction - mainly cannabis.
The drug is easily available in New Zealand, where numbers suggest 14.6 per cent of adults used it in 2007.
This chart was made using the same UNODC data. It shows information in a slightly different way to how it is portrayed on the map by showing 'top-using' countries by drug. This shows Scotland tops the chart for cocaine and the US is way ahead of other countries when it comes to prescription opioids
But the country that consistently ranks towards the top of global well-being indexes, is aggressively addressing the issue, according to Recovery Brands.
The nation spends NZD$120 million ($79 million or £52 million) a year to treat drug addictions, which works out at NZD$27 ($19 or £13) per person.
Iran has the second-highest rate of treatment.
It borders Afghanistan, the world's top producer of opium, and serves as a major trafficking route, with large amounts of heroin being consumed in the country.
The result is that it has one of the highest proportions of drug addicts in the world - up to one in three of the population - according to reports.
Some 1.3 million people are in treatment programs for heroin alone, official figures claim.
When the map is filtered to show the 'most treated drug type,' it reveals cannabis is the most likely drug in Canada, Mexico, parts of Africa, Australia and New Zealand that people will seek treatment for.
In New Zealand, 14,392 people per million are treated for cannabis abuse. The drug (stock image pictured) is easily available in the country, where it is thought 14.6 per cent of adults used it in 2007
Elsewhere, addiction treatment for cocaine is more common in Spain as well as pockets of South America including Chile, Argentina and Peru.
The treatment of cocaine dominates South American nations because many are large producers of the drug, but interestingly, Colombia, the reportedly largest source of coke, treats more people for cannabis addiction.
The map also shows the demand for the treatment of drugs in general categories, like opioids and amphetamines.
It shows most of the world is bathed in dark opioid blue, mainly due to powerfully addictive heroin, with pure opium, made from poppies, being a big problem everywhere with the exception of India.
Drug problems involving opiods are the most commonly treated in Europe and Asia, as well as the US.
In the UK, opioids make up 60 per cent of types of drug addiction treated, and in the US it is 41 per cent. There, 20 per cent of all cases are for opium treatment.
Stimulants make up the majority of drug treatments in parts of Scandinavia and Eastern Europe as well as Japan, South Korea, Thailand, Laos and the Philippines.
In the majority of these places, meth is the top culprit, making up 99 per cent of all treatments in Laos, but in Sweden, amphetamines top treatment demand.
Meanwhile, sedatives are the largest problem in Mongolia and Namibia, and it is Eritrea in Africa that treats the most people for abuse of solvents.
Another setting on the map makes particularly depressing reading - deaths by overdose.
The data is made up from the most recent statistics available from each country, varying from 2003 to 2013.
Iceland and US top the world in numbers, with 195 deaths per million inhabitants in the US.
However, it is thought many poorer nations don't collect the data, which means it is missing for many African, Asian and South American countries.
Recovery Brands notes that drug consumption is difficult to measure overall, even when UNDOC data is available, because different countries have different ways of counting and reporting numbers, making comparisons difficult.
The organisation also looked at how treatment statistics correspond with rates of imprisonment and conviction, for example.
A chart shows they found a slight correlation between demand for treatments and the proportion of prisoners serving time for drug crimes.
Source and more info: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...-Iceland-smokes-cannabis-opiates-rife-US.html
