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Number of people with drug use disorders, 2017

Total number of people with a drug use disorder. Drug dependence is defined by the International Classification of Diseases as the presence of three or more
indicators of dependence for at least a month within the previous year. Drug dependency includes all illicit drugs.

0No data050,000100,000500,0001 million2.5 million5 million7.5 million>10 million
World

Source: IHME, Global Burden of Disease