Marijuana is the narcotic substance most used in the world. The United Nations states this with the new report on drugs.
According to the World Drug Report, they are approx 183 million the adults in the world who declared having smoked cannabis in 2015, in fact, the exact number could vary from 128 to 238 million consumers. Furthermore, as reported in the previous report, the UNODC declares that there was none no deaths for cannabis overdose.
The scenario inevitably becomes bleaker when it comes to drugs other than weed. In 2015 they are 190.900 deaths due to drug use, of which 25% in the United States alone. “The abuse of opioid drugs, coupled with an increase in the use of heroin and fentanyl, has led to an epidemic in the United States – explains the report -, as well as an increase in opioid-related mortality and overdose deaths continue to increase."
Fortunately, it is a curve destined to decline in countries where weed is legal. To reiterate it is one study conducted in American states where medical cannabis has been legalized and deaths from opioid overdoses they dropped by 25%, or again, one study which explains how in Washington State with recreational marijuana Consumption of alcohol, cigarettes and painkillers has decreased not prescribed.
How many cannabis consumers are there in Italy?
Let's return to our peninsula which, before the war on drugs, was the leading hemp producer in terms of quality and second only to Russia in terms of quantity. Despite this, our compatriots are still very fond of this plant, in fact, here too marijuana is the psychoactive substance more widespread and appreciated.
In 2017, according to the European Monitoring Center for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCCDA), approximately 32,7% of the population Italian claims to have used cannabis at least once in her life. Furthermore, the majority of consumers (20.9%) are young adults aged between 15 and 34.
One of the latest annual reports released by Parliament states that, in our country, there are approximately 6.2 million occasional cannabis users and approx 2 million heavy smokers. What does this mean?
That the voice of the people has spoken and that we Italians demand one law that protects us and allows us to smoking marijuana without incurring risks deriving from the black market or brutal sanctions ready to ruin our lives.
