Who's Addicted To What? The First Worldwide Guide [NPR.org]

Samantha Sangenito 6/3/154:00 AM

We've always known that people around the world smoke, drink and use illegal drugs. But we've never known just how much people abuse substances, nor have we known whether illegal or legal drugs do more harm to human health — until now.

For the first time, researchers have combed through data to report on evidence of the life-and-death consequences of addictive drug use worldwide, and published their findings in the June edition of the journal Addiction .

[For more of this story, written by Susan Brink, go to http://www.npr.org/sections/go...irst-worldwide-guide]

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