Marihuana use

The annual World Drug Report, published today by the UN office on drugs and crime, charts what it sees as the decline in production of cocaine and heroin but a rise in amphetamines and synthetic drugs.

The report finds "seismic shifts" in the cocaine market and a decline in the use of cannabis by young people in the United States and western Europe. It examines the trends in use and seizures of all the major drugs and the changes in routes for trafficking. The survey provides evidence, according to the executive director of UNODC, Antonio Maria Costa, that drug use needs to be treated as an illness and that the traffickers rather than users should be targeted by law enforcement agencies worldwide.

SOURCE: http://www.guardian.co.uk/