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Global use of illegal and legal drug types as of 2017

Percentage of global drug users that have used either legal or illegal drugs within selected time periods as of 2017

The data displays the percentage of people worldwide that have used select types of drugs within selected time periods as of 2017. According to the data, 100% of respondents had used legal drugs ever, compared to 64% that had used illegal drugs, ever.

Used illegal drugs	64	54	43
Used legal drugs	100	98	54
Injected a drug	2	1

Global use of illegal and legal drug types as of 2017

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