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...@that.rag.com> wrote:
> more than the Dutch, even
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> http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSL5730185
> Dutch among lowest cannabis users in Europe-report
> Thu Nov 5, 2009 6:30am EST
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> AMSTERDAM, Nov 5 (Reuters) - The Dutch are among the lowest users of
> marijuana or cannabis in Europe despite the Netherlands' well-known
> tolerance of the drug, according to a regional study published on
> Thursday. Among adults in the Netherlands, 5.4 percent used cannabis,
> compared with the European average of 6.8 percent, according to an
> annual report by the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug
> Addiction, using latest available figures.
> A higher percentage of adults in Italy, Spain, the Czech Republic and
> France took cannabis last year, the EU agency said, with the highest
> being Italy at 14.6 percent. Usage in Italy used to be among the lowest
> at below 10 percent a decade ago.
> Countries with the lowest usage rates, according to the Lisbon-based
> agency, were Romania, Malta, Greece and Bulgaria.
> Cannabis use in Europe rose steadily during the 90s and earlier this
> decade, but has recently stabilised and is beginning to show signs of
> decline, the agency said, owing to several national campaigns to curb
> and treat use of the drug.
> "Data from general population and school surveys point to a stabilising
> or even decreasing situation," the report said.
> The policy on soft drugs in the Netherlands, one of the most liberal in
> Europe, allows for the sale of marijuana at "coffee shops", which the
> Dutch have allowed to operate for decades, and possession of less than
> 5 grams (0.18 oz).
> Nearly a fifth of the 228 coffee shops in the Dutch capital of
> Amsterdam, a popular draw for tourists, are scheduled to be shut down
> because they are too close to schools.
> The full report by the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug
> Addiction is available at r.reuters.com/vef87f (Reporting by Reed
> Stevenson; Editing by Elizabeth Fullerton)
> --
> Peace,
> Steve
So if it is no big deal, it's no big deal. I wonder what the Dutch
G.
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