DRUGS!!!
The 2007 World Drug Report by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime is in! Let's check out the big winners!
(Numbers denote percentage of population who use the drug)
Marijuana
1. Papua New Guinea 29.5
2. Micronesia 29.1
3. Ghana 21.5
4. Zambia 17.7
5. Canada 16.8
6. Cyprus 14.1
7. Sierra Leone 16.1
8. Nigeria 13.8
9. New Zealand 13.4
10. Australia 13.3
Notes: The US places 11th, with 12.6%, Jamaica places 14th, with 10.70%, and the Netherlands do not even break the top 15, with 6.1%. Also, Canada ranks first in Industrialized nations.
Cocaine
1. Spain 3.0
2. USA 2.8
3. England and Wales 2.4
4. Canada 2.3
5. Italy 2.1
6. Bolivia 1.9
7. Chile 1.8
8. Scotland 1.5
9. Aruba 1.3
10. Ecuador 1.2
Notes: Australia, Guatemala, and Panama also rank in with 1.2%, but Ecuador has the most recent stats.
Opiates
1. Iran 2.8
2. Russia 2.0
3. Mauritius 2.0
4. Estonia 1.5
5. Afghanistan 1.4
6. Macao (China) 1.1
7. Kazakhstan 1.0
8. United Kingdom 0.9
9. Latvia 0.9
10. Luxembourg 0.9
Notes: Man, Opium ain't what it used to be...
Amphetamines
1. The Philippines 6.0
2. Australia 3.8
3. New Zealand 3.4
4. El Salvador 3.0
5. USA 1.8
6. England And Wales 1.3
7. Estonia 1.3
8. Denmark 1.3
9. Taiwan 1.2
10. Norway 1.1
Notes: Amphetamines are apparently a hit in the South Pacific and Northern Europe!
Source: The 2007 World Drug Report by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime
(Numbers denote percentage of population who use the drug)
Marijuana
1. Papua New Guinea 29.5
2. Micronesia 29.1
3. Ghana 21.5
4. Zambia 17.7
5. Canada 16.8
6. Cyprus 14.1
7. Sierra Leone 16.1
8. Nigeria 13.8
9. New Zealand 13.4
10. Australia 13.3
Notes: The US places 11th, with 12.6%, Jamaica places 14th, with 10.70%, and the Netherlands do not even break the top 15, with 6.1%. Also, Canada ranks first in Industrialized nations.
Cocaine
1. Spain 3.0
2. USA 2.8
3. England and Wales 2.4
4. Canada 2.3
5. Italy 2.1
6. Bolivia 1.9
7. Chile 1.8
8. Scotland 1.5
9. Aruba 1.3
10. Ecuador 1.2
Notes: Australia, Guatemala, and Panama also rank in with 1.2%, but Ecuador has the most recent stats.
Opiates
1. Iran 2.8
2. Russia 2.0
3. Mauritius 2.0
4. Estonia 1.5
5. Afghanistan 1.4
6. Macao (China) 1.1
7. Kazakhstan 1.0
8. United Kingdom 0.9
9. Latvia 0.9
10. Luxembourg 0.9
Notes: Man, Opium ain't what it used to be...
Amphetamines
1. The Philippines 6.0
2. Australia 3.8
3. New Zealand 3.4
4. El Salvador 3.0
5. USA 1.8
6. England And Wales 1.3
7. Estonia 1.3
8. Denmark 1.3
9. Taiwan 1.2
10. Norway 1.1
Notes: Amphetamines are apparently a hit in the South Pacific and Northern Europe!
Source: The 2007 World Drug Report by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime