Cost of a Weekly Drug and Booze Habit From Around the World: Map

(Bloomberg) -- The cost of maintaining a drugs, booze and cigarettes habit got a lot more expensive in the U.S. last year, rising more than almost anywhere in the world, the annual Bloomberg Global Vice Index shows. The gauge compares the share of income needed to maintain a broad weekly habit of cigarettes, alcohol, marijuana, amphetamines, cocaine and opioids across more than 100 countries. The gross weekly cost exceeded $1,000 in only three countries: Japan, New Zealand and Australia. By comparison, an equivalent basket ran less than $100 in 21 mostly tropical countries, including the Dominican Republic, Ghana, Congo, Colombia, South Africa, Guatemala, Kenya and Myanmar.

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