India Drugs Stats
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- Annual cannabis use: Estimate of percentage of 15-64 year old population who use Cannabis.
- HIV infections amongst drug users: Percentage of injecting drug users who are HIV positive.
- HIV testing amongst drug users: Estimated percentage of injecting drug users who have been tested for HIV.
- Opiates use: Annual prevalence.
SOURCES: https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/WDR2011/World_Drug_Report_2011_ebook.pdf, World Drug Report 2011, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), 2011, p. 217.; Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS. Source tables; Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS. Source tables; Wikipedia: List of countries by prevalence of opiates use ("World Drug Report 2011" . United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. 2011. "World Drug Report 2006" . United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. 2006. http://www.unodc.org/documents/wdr/WDR_2009/WDR2009_eng_web.pdf)
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