16 Most Drug-Addicted Countries in the World

8. The United Kingdom

If it seemed obvious that a place like Russia would make this list due to the use of alcohol in that country, then perhaps the United Kingdom making this list for the same reason doesn’t seem so obvious. Surveys have shown that just a tick of fifty percent of both men and women in the United Kingdom drink to excess at least once a week. If those aren’t sobering statistics, then we don’t know what are!

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