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Marijuana Use Increases As Concern Over Health Risks Declines
More Americans are using marijuana as their concerns over its health risk declines, according to a report released on Thursday from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.
Data in the 2014 World Drug Report reveals that more people in the United States are bucking a global trend towards less cannabis use, reports Reuters.
UNODC said it’s still too early to understand the impact of marijuana legalization in Colorado and Washington, as well as in the South American country of Uruguay, but research suggests that perceptions of risk have declined.
Worldwide cannabis use seems to have decreased, according to the report, mainly reflecting a decline in some countries in western and central Europe.
“However, in the United States, the lower perceived risk of cannabis use has led to an increase in its use,” the UNODC report said.
The number of Americans aged 12 and older who used marijuana at least once in the past year increased from 10.3 percent in 2008 to 12.1 percent in 2012, according to the report.
Also rising, according to the report, were the numbers of admissions for patients seeking to stop using cannabis, but those numbers are greatly skewed by court-ordered drug treatment. Most patients undergoing “marijuana rehab” are forced to be there under threat of jail, reports Toke Signals.
The U.N.’s International Narcotics Control Board in March launched a counter-offensive against what it called “misguided initiatives” legalizing cannabis in Colorado, Washington and Uruguay.
“Drug traffickers will choose the path of least resistance, so it is essential that global efforts to tackle the drug problem are unified,” claimed INCB President Raymond Yans. “When governments consider their future policies on this, the primary consideration should be the long-term health and welfare of the population.” Yans ridiculously claimed that marijuana legalization poses “a very grave danger to public health and wellbeing.”
Source: http://truthisscary.com/2014/06/marijuana-use-increases-as-concern-over-health-risks-declines/
