The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime says in its annual report that an increase in opium and coca cultivation in Afghanistan and Colombia in 2007 could put at risk progress in worldwide drug control.
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Middle East Quartet meet in London ... the positive side, the report cited the containment of illicit drug use to less that five percent of the world population aged from 15 to 64 as a "considerable achievement." It also noted that illicit drugs kill around 200,000 persons a year worldwide, compared with five million people dying of tobacco use or about 2.5 million of alcohol consumption.
(Deutsche Welle)
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