Crime Stats: compare key data on French Guiana & United States

Illicit drugs: Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report crime, than actual prevalence.
Violent crime > Murder rate: Intentional homicide, number and rate per 100,000 population.
Violent crime > Murders: Intentional homicide, number and rate per 100,000 population.

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STAT	French Guiana	United States
Illicit drugs	small amount of marijuana grown for local consumption; minor transshipment point to Europe	world's largest consumer of cocaine (shipped from Colombia through Mexico and the Caribbean), Colombian heroin, and Mexican heroin and marijuana; major consumer of ecstasy and Mexican methamphetamine; minor consumer of high-quality Southeast Asian heroin; illicit producer of cannabis, marijuana, depressants, stimulants, hallucinogens, and methamphetamine; money-laundering center
Violent crime > Murder rate	30 Ranked 95th.	12,996 Ranked 9th. 433 times more than French Guiana
Violent crime > Murders	30 Ranked 95th.	12,996 Ranked 9th. 433 times more than French Guiana

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