… , and evidence for acute and chronic effects of illicit drug use. We outline the regional and
global distribution of use and estimated health burden from illicit drugs. These distributions are …

… illicit drug use has changed since the original Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study; drug
use … was defined as dysfunctional and harmful drug use overall, without specifying drug type. …

… As shown in Table 4, alcohol and tobacco account for about the same amount of global
burden, about five times as much for each as the burden attributable to illicit drug use. Again, the …

… It provided regional and global estimates of the burden of … we provide a brief summary of the
work for illicit drug use. … harmful use/abuse of illicit drugs (as defined by WHO's International …

… international public health. Building on earlier estimates of the demonstrated burden of alcohol,
tobacco and illicit drug use at the global … for reducing the global burden of disease from …

… burden of disease due to illicit drug use by combining a range of sources of data on the
prevalence of use … the global burden of disease attributable to illicit drugs. Future estimates of the …

… Illicit Drug Use advises the core team on the epidemiology of mental disorders, illicit drug use
… possible outcomes for which mental disorders and illicit drug use may be risk factors; and …

… report that, despite relatively low global prevalence of illicit drug use … and illicit drug use
disorders, their contribution to the global burden of disease, and the notable economic burden …

… The contribution that illicit drug use made to global burden of disease was assessed
along with tobacco and alcohol and a list of other risk factors. Comparative estimates of …

… illicit drug use makes a substantial contribution to the global burden of disease: in 2000, it
was estimated that illicit drug … of illicit drug use to update and revise estimates of the global …