![]() The search for effective drug dependence treatments is therefore paramount. A minority of these users develop substance use disorders such as drug dependence, but this is still a serious problem affecting 15–39 million people for illicit drugs, 76 million for alcohol, and more than a billion for tobacco ( Degenhardt & Hall, 2012). ![]() This legal drug use significantly contributes to DALYs in more than 20 countries, with tobacco smoking increasing from third to second largest risk factor in the global burden of disease between 19, while alcohol drinking increased from eighth to fifth in the same period ( Lim et al., 2012), alone contributing to 9.6% of mental health DALY ( Degenhardt et al., 2013 Whiteford et al., 2013). This scenario is aggravated using the legal drugs such as tobacco and alcohol reaching nearly one and three billion people, respectively ( Degenhardt & Hall, 2012 Ng et al., 2014). This illicit drug use is estimated to cause 10.9% of the DALYs in mental disorders ( Whiteford et al., 2013). This illicit drug use causes considerable morbidity and mortality in many countries ( Degenhardt, Chiu, Sampson, & Kessler, 2008) and is an important contributor to the global burden of disease, directly accounting for 20 million disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) in 2010, representing a 52% increase since 1990 ( Degenhardt et al., 2013 Whiteford et al., 2013). ![]() ![]() Recent estimates suggest that 149–271 million people used illicit drugs worldwide in 2009 ( Degenhardt & Hall, 2012). ![]()
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