Global burden of disease attributable to illicit drug use and dependence: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

No systematic attempts have been made to estimate the global and regional prevalence of amphetamine, cannabis, cocaine, and opioid dependence, and quantify their burden. We aimed to assess the prevalence and burden of drug dependence, as measured in years of life lived with disability (YLDs), years...

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Published in:	The Lancet (British edition) Vol. 382; no. 9904; pp. 1564 - 1574
Main Authors:	Degenhardt, Louisa, Whiteford, Harvey A, Ferrari, Alize J, Baxter, Amanda J, Charlson, Fiona J, Hall, Wayne D, Freedman, Greg, Burstein, Roy, Johns, Nicole, Engell, Rebecca E, Flaxman, Abraham, Murray, Christopher JL, Vos, Theo
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 09.11.2013 Elsevier Elsevier Limited
Subjects:	Addictive behaviors Adolescent Adult Adult and adolescent clinical studies Age Age Factors Aged Aged, 80 and over amphetamine Amphetamines Australia Biological and medical sciences biomedical research Cannabis Child Child, Preschool Cocaine Cost of Illness Dependence disability weights disability-adjusted life year Disabled Persons - statistics & numerical data Disease drug abuse Drug addiction Drug use Epidemiology Estimates Female General aspects Global Health hepatitis C Humans illicit drugs Infant Internal Medicine Life Expectancy Male Mathematical models Medical research Medical sciences Middle Aged Miscellaneous Mortality narcotics people Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychopathology. Psychiatry Public health. Hygiene Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine risk Risk assessment Risk factors Russia Sex Factors Substance-Related Disorders - epidemiology Suicide surveys United Kingdom United States Young Adult United Kingdom Australia United States Russia USA British Isles Medicine Drug addiction Illicit drug Morbidity Public health Dependence
ISSN:	0140-6736, 1474-547X, 1474-547X
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