LEGALIZING MARIJUANA INCREASES CONSUMPTION, WHICH LEADS TO PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS AND SUICIDES

Mon 27 June 2022:

The annual World Drug Report from the UN is out, and it provides information regarding cannabis that was pretty much expected. The regular use of cannabis has increased significantly since its non-medical usage became permitted.

Covid lockdowns too had a similar effect, with nothing else to do, people turned to the recreational use of cannabis.

The drug has long been the world’s most widely used drug and as per the report it is getting ‘stronger’ too. The tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) content of cannabis available on the market is increasing, getting stronger reports Reuters. Vienna-based UNODC’s report stated that “cannabis legalisation appears to have accelerated the upward trends in reported daily use of the drug.”

In recent years various states in the US and elsewhere have legalised the non-medical use of cannabis. In 2012, the US states of Washington and Colorado started the trend. After the US, Uruguay legalised it in 2013, followed by Canada in 2018. While more countries have taken this step the UN report focused only on these three countries.

There had been “a pronounced increase in the reported frequent use of high-potency products among young adults,” the research noted, however, the incidence of cannabis use among teenagers “has not changed much.”

However, the number of people who use cannabis regularly and suffer from psychological disorders and commit suicide has gone up.

The study found that 284 million people, or 5.6% of the world’s population, had used a narcotic like heroin, cocaine, amphetamines, or ecstasy as of the most current data available in 2020. Of these, 209 million smoked marijuana.

The paper asserted that increases “in cannabis use… in 2020” were brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic’s “lockdown” periods.

SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES

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