Dubious cannabis honour for French

Young French people have Europe’s highest cannabis use and are the youngest users.

Connexion journalist Connexion journalist

Published Wednesday 30 August 2017 - 15:00 Modified Wednesday 30 August 2017 - 15:00

Cannabis is the most-used illegal drug in Europe with 13.9% of 15-34 year-olds using it – but 22.1% in France. Drugs observatory EMCDDA said 31% of 15-16 year-olds were users against 18% in Europe.

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