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Related: About this forumUN Drug Office cant find a single cannabis drug overdose despite it being most widely-consumed drug
Cannabis is also the world's most widely cultivated drug, the most confiscated and the most likely to land a user in treatmentThe United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has released its 2017 World Drug Report, covering 2015 statistics from around the world. The report finds that cannabis is the most consumed, most widely cultivated and most confiscated drug the office tracks.
Despite leading in all of these categories, UNODC reported zero fatal marijuana overdoses in 2015, unchanged from 2014.
Heres a look at some of the intriguing stats in the report:
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The report states that cannabis is the planets most widely consumed drug, with an estimate of 3.8 percent of the adult population using it in 2015. This translates to an estimated 183 million people (with a lower range on the estimate of 128 million and an upper range of 238 million). Other drugs tracked in decreasing order of use include opioids (upper limit of .88% of population), opiates, cocaine, amphetamines and ecstasy. 39 percent of individuals reported in treatment for drug disorder are being treated for cannabis.
http://www.thecannabist.co/2017/06/28/united-nations-drug-office-cannabis-consumption/82564/
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UN Drug Office cant find a single cannabis drug overdose despite it being most widely-consumed drug (Original Post)
bluedigger
Jun 2017
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pscot
(21,037 posts)1. Alcohol is the most widely consumed drug
and finding alcohol deaths is easy.
mountain grammy
(27,273 posts)4. And tobacco. How many deaths a year?
Legal everywhere.
NightWatcher
(39,358 posts)2. I almost OD'd once. Ended up sleeping great.
I would volunteer if they'd like to do some more studies on it.
progressoid
(50,747 posts)3. Only 3.8 percent?
I woulda thunk it was a little higher.
xajj4791
(84 posts)5. You have to remember....
It is still illegal in most places of the world (WTG USA).