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Cannabis is widely used throughout the United Kingdom, by people of all ages and from all socio-economic backgrounds. [31] [32] In 2017, 7.2% of 16 to 59-year-olds reported using cannabis in the last year, making it the most commonly used illegal drug in the United Kingdom. [33]
Country/Territory Recreational Medical Notes Afghanistan Illegal Illegal Main article: Cannabis in Afghanistan Production banned by King Zahir Shah in 1973. Albania Illegal Legal Main article: Cannabis in Albania Prohibited but plants highly available throughout the country and law often unenforced. On 21 July 2023 the Albanian Parliament voted 69–23 to legalize medical cannabis. Algeria ...
The retting of raw hemp in a stream. Cannabis is a genus of flowering plants with species that have long been used for fibre (), for medicinal purposes, and as a drug.Industrial hemp products are made from cannabis plants selected to produce an abundance of fiber and minimal levels of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), a psychoactive molecule that produces the "high" associated with cannabis as a drug.
For all these reasons and more, it’s a brave and principled decision (plus a lucrative one) when countries decide to bring marijuana under state control and legalise it – as Holland, Belgium ...
European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction has an interactive cannabis use map of Europe. One can select by recall period: last month, last year, or lifetime. Also by age: young adults (15–34), or adults (15–64). Hover over a country for the data. [13] A non-interactive map is below.
The number of people who smoke in the U.K. has declined by two-thirds since the 1970s, but some 6.4 million people in the country — or about 13% of the population — still smoke, according to ...
Official figures show the number of people who smoke in the UK has been steadily declining over the past few decades Map reveals UK’s smoking hotspots - find out where your area ranks Skip to ...
World map of annual cannabis prevalence. This is a list of the annual prevalence of cannabis use by country (including some territories) as a percentage of the population. The indicator is an "annual prevalence" rate which is the percentage of the youth and adult population who have consumed cannabis at least once in the past survey year.