Cannabis o marijuana consumption in the world
In the Global Illicit Drug Trends Report (2003) the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime lists Marijuana as “the most widely consumed illicit drug worldwide” although more patients are treated for abusers of cocaine. The reported an estimated that 163 million people abused the drug in 2000/2001. Nations in the Oceania region (which consists of numerous islands in the Pacific Ocean, and sometimes Australia, New Zealand, parts of Indonesia etc) have the highest percentage of abusers age 15 and above followed by Africa, the Americas, and Europe, while the Americas lead in total number of abusers followed by Europe.
