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Czech: Europe faces marihuana use among youths - INCB

CeskeNoviny.cz

Thursday 23 Mar 2006

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VIENNA/PRAGUE- The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB)
considers the Czech Republic one of the countries with high level of
marihuana use, along with Britain, France, Ireland and Switzerland, an
INCB report released today in the U.N. seat in Vienna says.

Europe faces marihuana use among youths as 15 percent of 15- year-old
students used it at least 40 times last year, the report states.

Hemp continues to be grown in a number of European countries, especially
Albania and the Netherlands.

A 2003 European school study on alcohol and other drugs says young
Czechs are the greatest marihuana users. It states that some 44 percent
of Czechs aged 15-16 tried marihuana.

People try marihuana and ecstasy in the Czech Republic more than in
other European countries, but as for hard drugs the situation is
relatively good, said Viktor Mravcik from the Czech National monitoring
centre for drugs and drug abuse.

According to the INCB report, the Czech Republic and some of the Baltic
states are the only countries where drugs containing metamfetamine are
produced, such s pervitine.

Pervitine is preferred in the Czech Republic to for example cocaine
because it is markedly cheaper, experts told CTK.

 

 

 

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