Many dangers of getting high International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking this year focuses on spreading the right information on drugs┬а Share Via Email ┬а┬а|┬а┬аA+A┬аA- Express News Service KOCHI: The theme of the 2021 International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking is тАЬShare Facts on Drugs Save LivesтАЭ. This aims at combating misinformation and sharing more facts on drugs.┬аAround 35.6 million people suffer from drug-abuse related disorders globally, according to the World Drug Report 2020 of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Around 269 million people used drugs in 2018, around 30 per cent increase from 2009. Adolescents and young adults are the victims of the menace. Of the 11 million people who use drugs, half of them live with hepatitis C and 1.4 million live with HIV. As many as 585,000 died in 2017 due to drug use тАФ up one-quarter from 2008.тАЩ