17 Countries with the Biggest Drug Problems in the World

17. Brazil

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Brazil is one of the most violent countries in the world (homicide rate is 27.1 per 100,000) and this is closely connected with drug trafficking operations. Between 2001 and 2011, 16 million jobs were created and unemployment rates were decreased and yet homicide rate increased. Murder victims are often young men recruited by drug gangs. In between surveys conducted in 2001 and 2005, a number of people ages 12 to 65 who used drugs doubled.

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