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Rank   Countries  Amount  (top to bottom)   
#1   Norway: 987.1 per 100,000 people 
#2   Switzerland: 648.4 per 100,000 people 
#3   New Zealand: 641.6 per 100,000 people 
#4   United States: 560.1 per 100,000 people 
#5   Belgium: 448.7 per 100,000 people 
#6   Thailand: 428.9 per 100,000 people 
#7   Sweden: 349.9 per 100,000 people 
#8   Germany: 297.3 per 100,000 people 
#9   Canada: 285.5 per 100,000 people 
#10   Iceland: 277.9 per 100,000 people 
#11   Finland: 259.7 per 100,000 people 
#12   United Kingdom: 214.3 per 100,000 people 
#13   Ireland: 190.2 per 100,000 people 
#14   France: 176.1 per 100,000 people 
#15   Austria: 149 per 100,000 people 
#16   Italy: 60.3 per 100,000 people 
#17   Portugal: 59.6 per 100,000 people 
#18   Poland: 50.8 per 100,000 people 
#19   Malaysia: 48.6 per 100,000 people 
#20   Netherlands: 47 per 100,000 people 
#21   Singapore: 46.8 per 100,000 people 
#22   Czech Republic: 43.3 per 100,000 people 
#23   Hungary: 34.6 per 100,000 people 
#24   Hong Kong: 34 per 100,000 people 
#25   Greece: 33.3 per 100,000 people 
#26   Spain: 27.9 per 100,000 people 
#27   Mexico: 24.7 per 100,000 people 
#28   Japan: 22.2 per 100,000 people 
#29   Denmark: 17.7 per 100,000 people 
#30   Slovakia: 11.2 per 100,000 people 
#31   Korea, South: 9.9 per 100,000 people 
#32   Turkey: 4.6 per 100,000 people 
#33   China: 3.9 per 100,000 people 
#34   Indonesia: 3.4 per 100,000 people 
Weighted average: 191.1 per 100,000 people  


DEFINITION: Drug offence cases per 100,000 population (2000).

SOURCE: UNODC

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1st August 2005 		I think the first couple of countries may not have the highest, it's just that the efficiency is their system is higher.
Grunter (New Zealand)
29th June 2007 		Looks like the countries with the highest rate of drug offences are also those with low murder rates. Does that mean that the police in those countries have more opportunity to deal with drug crime that those in countries where "serious" crime is much more common?

Or perhaps, the percieved hih rate of drug crime is simply because these countries have a much lower tolerance for drug offences. eg Marijuana, which is either legal or ignored in many other countries.
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