How Many of Us Would Buy Cannabis If It Was Sold in High Street Shops?

The Lib Dems have adopted a plan legalise cannabis shops as their party policy. 

Their party wants to see:

  • Licensed shops sell cannabis to over 18s
  • The strength of cannabis regulated
  • Smokers allowed to grow plants at home
  • Plain packaging with health information

But how many people in Wales use cannabis or other drugs?

How many of us smoke cannabis?

6.1% of adults (under 59) in Wales say they smoked cannabis at least once last year.

That’s one in 16 of us - slightly below the UK average of one in 15.

The biggest smokers in the UK are in the South West of England where 8.3% say they’ve smoke pot.

Cannabis use has fallen in Wales

Smoking cannabis hit its peak in Wales after the turn of the Millennium.

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