Getting into the fever of the upcoming world cannabis day popularly known as as 4.20, here is a map of the highest consumers of weed in the world.This list will surprise you.
According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), that dubious distinction of biggest marijuana loving nation goes to Iceland.
Iceland?
Yes Iceland.
UNODC data suggests that cannabis is used by 18.3 per cent of Iceland's population (aged 15-64). The US (16.2 per cent) and Nigeria (14.3 per cent) had the second and third highest rates of consumption; while the UK came 26th on the list, followed by Ireland. And the Netherlands? It came 20th.
Data is not available for all of the world's countries - and some figures have been updated more recently than others - meaning caution should be exercised when drawing comparisons.
Portugal decriminalised all drugs in 2001 and within a decade substance abuse was reported to have halved - though that’s not to say the dip in drug taking was directly down to the policy.
Last year a report claimed legalisation of cannabis in the UK would reduce organised crime, improve the quality (and therefore safety) of cannabis and line the coffers of the Treasury; a legal UK cannabis industry, it calculated, would turn over £6.8 billion annually, with £1 billion going straight to the Treasury.
According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), that dubious distinction of biggest marijuana loving nation goes to Iceland.
Iceland?
Yes Iceland.
UNODC data suggests that cannabis is used by 18.3 per cent of Iceland's population (aged 15-64). The US (16.2 per cent) and Nigeria (14.3 per cent) had the second and third highest rates of consumption; while the UK came 26th on the list, followed by Ireland. And the Netherlands? It came 20th.
Data is not available for all of the world's countries - and some figures have been updated more recently than others - meaning caution should be exercised when drawing comparisons.
The 30 biggest weed smoking countries
- Iceland - 18.3 per cent of population
- United States - 16.3%
- Nigeria - 14.3%
- Canada - 12.7%
- Chile - 11.83%
- France - 11.1%
- New Zealand - 11%
- Bermuda - 10.9%
- Australia - 10.2%
- Zambia - 9.5%
- Uruguay - 9.3%
- Italy - 9.2%
- Spain - 9.2%
- Madagascar - 9.1%
- Czech Republic - 8.9%
- Israel - 8.88%
- St Lucia - 8.87%
- Belize - 8.45%
- Barbados - 8.3%
- Netherlands - 8%
- Greenland - 7.6%
- Jamaica - 7.21%
- Denmark - 6.9%
- Switzerland - 6.7%
- Egypt - 6.24%
- UK - 6.2%
- Ireland - 6%
- Estonia - 6%
- Bahamas - 5.54%
- Sierra Leone - 5.42%
Portugal decriminalised all drugs in 2001 and within a decade substance abuse was reported to have halved - though that’s not to say the dip in drug taking was directly down to the policy.
Last year a report claimed legalisation of cannabis in the UK would reduce organised crime, improve the quality (and therefore safety) of cannabis and line the coffers of the Treasury; a legal UK cannabis industry, it calculated, would turn over £6.8 billion annually, with £1 billion going straight to the Treasury.
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