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Cannabis use in the U.K. has almost halved over the past decade, even as marijuana use among 15- to 34-year-olds has grown throughout most of the Europe, according to the annual report by the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction released Thursday. As Brits are increasingly turning down pot, nations across Europe and states in the United States have begun decriminalizing marijuana-related offenses and use of the drug.
The decreased use of pot in the U.K. came as something of a surprise to researchers. In 2003, roughly 19 percent of British 15- to 34-year-olds used cannabis, but only about 11 percent consumed marijuana in 2013, according to the report.
Alex Stevens, a professor of criminal justice at the University of Kent, suggested to the Economist that the decrease in pot usage in the U.K. might be due to the rise...
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