The World Drug Report 2021: A critical assessment of projected increases in African drug use
The World Drug Report 2021: A critical assessment of projected increases in African drug use
The 2021 World Drug Report provides a comprehensive analysis of trends in global drug markets, including production, trafficking, consumption and health consequences within the context of COVID-19, and highlights current and future impacts of the pandemic on drug market dynamics. An interesting component of the 2021 Report is the projected increase in the population of people who use drugs by 2030, in particular as it relates to the African continent. As shown in the Report and the Methodological Annex, the projection is based on limited and uncertain data. In this critique, we analyse the limitations of the data and methodologies, and explore the implications of the estimate for drug policy in Africa. (IDPC – INTERNATIONAL DRUG POLICY CONSORTIUM, UK, 05.05.2022)
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