Medical Case Reports

According to World Drugs report for 2012, 230 million people around the world - 1 in 20 in US - took illicit drugs in the last year. The report also says that problem drug users, mainly heroin - and cocaine-dependent people number about 27 million, roughly 0.6% of the world adult population. That′s 1 in every 200 people. The harmful use of alcohol results in 3.3 million deaths each year. On average every person in the world aged 15 years or older drinks 6.2 litres of pure alcohol per year. Less than half the population (38.3%) actually drinks alcohol, this means that those who do drink consume on average 17 litres of pure alcohol annually. At least 15.3 million persons have drug use disorders. Injecting drug use reported in 148 countries, of which 120 report HIV infection among this population.

Related Journals of Drug Addiction Case Report

Medical case reports, Journal of Drug Abuse, Acta Psychopathologica, Journal of Neuropsychiatry, Addiction, Addiction Biology, Addiction Research and Theory, Addiction science & clinical practice, American Journal on AddictionsCJAM Canadian Journal of Addiction Medicine, European Addiction Research, Heroin Addiction and Related Clinical Problems, International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, Journal of Groups in Addiction and Recovery, Journal of Maintenance in the Addictions, Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions, Journal of Teaching in the Addictions, Journal of Addiction Medicine, Journal of Addictions and Offender Counseling, Journal of Addictions Nursing, Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity