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Opium, heroin or cocaine: What drug is YOUR country known for?

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Drug statistics provided by UNODC shows the world's drug habits

An interactive map has been released by RecoveryBrands.com and includes the most recent drug-related data from the United Nations Office on Drugs and crime (UNODC).

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LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - The map has three options to choose from: People treated for drug abuse, Most treated drug type and Deaths by overdose.

Simply visit RecoveryBrands to choose which map to view, and use your mouse to hover over different countries to see more specific details.

 When choosing the "People treated for drug abuse" map, you can see that the United States, Australia, Iran, Iceland and New Zealand fall among the top countries that treat their citizens for drug abuse.

New Zealand leads the world in treating people with drug addictions by spending NZD$120 million ($79 millian USD) a year, which is roughly NZD$27 or $19 USD per person.

Meanwhile, 1.3 million people are enrolled in treatment programs for heroin alone in Iran. It is the world's top opium producer.

 Under the "Most treated drug type" map, it is clear opiods lead the way in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, India, Indonesia and Kenya. Canada, Mexico, several countries in Africa, Australia and New Zealand feature cannabis-users, and Spain, Venezuela, Peru, Chile, Argentina and Uruguay treat the most people for cocaine use.

The United States and Iceland lead in the number of deaths by overdose at 194.6 deaths per 1 million inhabitants and 211.7 deaths per 1 million inhabitants respectively.

It is believed poorer nations do not collect such data, so there is missing information for African, Asian and some South American countries.

Recovery Brands made a statement to specify that all countries struggle to provide accurate numbers as each has a different way of counting and reporting numbers.

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