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Smoking weed has halved in the UK

Submitted by Marijuana News on Fri, 06/05/2015 - 08:00

Despite sweeping legalisation and decriminalisation of the drug in the US and a nascent sense of 'why aren't we recognising that it's fairly harmless' circulating amongst rational human beings following a string of enlightening studies, use of marijuana is falling in the UK.

Europe's drug agency (EMCDDA) published its annual report on drug use in the continent today, revealing that while cannabis use among 15 to 34 year olds has risen or remained steady in most countries over the last 15 years, in the UK it has halved.

France, Denmark, Finland, Bulgaria and Sweden are only smoking more:

(Source: EMCDDA)

Spain and Germany have dipped a little, but the UK (England and Wales) has fallen dramatically:

(Source: EMCDDA)

There could be several reasons for this, from the falling number of tobacco smokers due to the

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