World situation with regard to drug abuse

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I. Introduction . .1-4 3

II. World situation with regard to emerging trends in drug abuse . 5-21 3

A. Heroin .6-11 3

B. Abuse of amphetamine and methamphetamine 12-17 4

C. Cocaine . 18-19 6

D. Cannabis . 20-21 7

III. Prevalence of drug abuse among youth: globalization of youth culture and drug abuse . 22 7

IV. Drug injection and blood-borne infections . 23-47 7

A. Human immunodeficiency virus 23-40 7

B. Hepatitis C 41-43 11

C. Drug overdoses and mortality . 44-47 11

V. Data collection . 48 12

Annex. Data on trends in drug abuse and country reporting . 14