Key highlights of report:
- In 2017, an estimated 271 million people, or 5,5 % of the global population aged 15-64, had used drugs in the previous year.
- The most widely used drug globally continues to be cannabis, with an estimated 188 million people having used the drug in 2017.
- Globally, some 35 million people suffer from drug use disorders.
- Prevention and treatment continue to fall short with only one in seven people with drug use disorders receiving treatment each year.
- Most of the world's opioids are produced in Afghanistan (263,000 hectares of poppy seed production) with Myanmar (37,300 hectares) coming in as the second largest producer.
