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Cannaba it is | UN says Canadians use marijuana at 4 times the world average
British Columbia has a solid international reputation for being the 'Amsterdam of Canada' (come on, it's true), so it's not all that surprising The 2007 World Drug Report by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime says 16.8% of Canadians aged 15 to 64 smoked marijuana in 2006. The world's average? It's 3.8%...which means Canadians use marijuana at 4 times the world average, making Canada the leader of the industrialized world in cannabis consumption.
Canada ranks 5th in the world for marijuana use, behind Ghana, Zambia, and Papua New Guinea and Micronesia. This shouldn't come to a surprise for a country that has an official Marijuana Party, and where 'good bud' doesn't refer to 'good beer'...but always results in good times.
(Source: CBC - July 9, 2007 - Canada tokes at 4 times world average: UN ; & Media Awareness Project - Oh Cannaba! - 12 July 2007)
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Posted by TamikoJuly 22, 2007 at 12:45 AM
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