And, cannabis remains the most widely used ‘illicit’ drug in Europe, show findings from some recent research. The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) report shows that the THC concentration of ‘herbal cannabis’ doubled from 5% to 10%, from 2006 to 2016, whilst cannabis resin potency increased from 8% to 17% over the same period.
The report — Developments In The European Cannabis Market — provides an overview of emerging and established cannabis trends – and products – in Europe. It says the global moves towards legalization of recreational cannabis, and the wider adoption of cannabis as a medicine – is driving innovation.
This is leading to a surge in the development of new cannabis products, and some of these are now appearing in the European market. The report calls for closer monitoring of the health effects of all cannabis products. EMCDDA Director Alexis Goosdeel said: “New and more potent cannabis products may have serious public health consequences for users.
“Therefore, monitoring and understanding new trends in cannabis products available to European consumers today is important to inform the policy and regulatory debate.”
With concentrates, edibles, and CBD nutraceuticals now prevalent in Europe the report calls for new monitoring tools and regulations. It says: “Having the ability to distinguish illicit cannabis products from cannabis-based medicinal products and unregulated CBD oils will be important for law enforcement in many jurisdictions.”
The report gores on to say that some 17.5 million Europeans, aged between 15–34, are estimated to have used cannabis in the last year, while one per cent of 1% of adults – aged between 15 and 64 years, use cannabis every day. In 2017, some 155,000 people entered drug treatment in Europe for problems related to this drug, of those around 83,000 were entering treatment for the first time.
Cannabis is now the substance most often named by new entrants to specialist drug treatment services as their main reason for contact in the 28-member states of the European Union, says the report.
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Missouri to Vote on Recreational Cannabis, Expungement Amendment by Aron Vaughan
Nov. 8, Missouri residents will have the opportunity to vote on legalization of adult-use cannabis. Missouri passed a constitutional amendment for medical cannabis in 2018 and advocates are looking to build on the momentum in the state. Amendment 3, the Marijuana Legalization Initiative, is on the ballot in Missouri as an initiated constitutional amendment. If […]
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They’re not there yet, and they might not get there, but this coming November, at least three states, (and possibly six), are putting it up to voters in yet more cannabis ballot measures for recreational legalizations. Will we get up to 25 legal states by the end of elections? 2022 elections are going to be […]
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