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Australia: Aussie pot use among world's highest: UN
Northern News
Wednesday 05 Mar 2008 Amphetamines and marijuana abuse in Australia and the region is among the highest in the world, the United Nations says. A major report from the UN drug watchdog, the International Narcotics Control Board, found 11 per cent of the population aged 14 and older had used cannabis. The country also reported a "high rate" of amphetamine abuse. Criminals were smuggling in precursor chemicals to manufacture amphetamines, the report says. "In Australia, Queensland seems to be the base of (amphetamine) clandestine manufacturing, which supplies the whole country," the report said. "The abuse of cannabis and amphetamine-type stimulants in Oceania is among the highest in the world." The board said it was also concerned about the lack of data on the drug situation in Oceania.
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