Deaths related to cannabis use in England and Wales amounted to 32 in 2023. This was the highest annual amount in the past 30 years. The number of cannabis-related deaths was lowest in 2011,at seven deaths, and since 2014 the annual number of fatalities has remained above twenty. Use of cannabisAccording to a survey, over 30 percent of the English and Welsh public admitted they had consumed cannabis as of 2023. Prevalence of cannabis use in the previous twelve months, however, was at just under eight percent. Generally, cannabis was not regarded to be as dangerous as other illegal or even legal drugs by the public. Over a third of surveyed British individuals considered cannabis to be not harmful, compared to only four percent who thought tobacco is not harmful. Caught green handedIn the period 2022/23, cannabis was by far the most common drug seized by the police and border force in England and Wales. Cannabis was seized over 140 thousand times, with the next highest number of seizures involving cocaine at 19 thousand. Although, the majority of the British public support a policy change regarding the legal status of cannabis. As of 2024, 56 percent of surveyed Brits believed cannabis and other soft drugs should be legalized or decriminalized.

For current version see: https://data.sandiegocounty.gov/Health/2021-Behavioral-Health-Outcomes/id6m-2zrn

Basic Metadata Note: Condition new for 2017. *Rates per 100,000 population. Age-adjusted rates per 100,000 2000 US standard population.

**Blank Cells: Rates not calculated for fewer than 5 events. Rates not calculated in cases where zip code is unknown.

***API: Asian/Pacific Islander. ***AIAN: American Indian/Alaska Native.

Prepared by: County of San Diego, Health & Human Services Agency, Public Health Services, Community Health Statistics Unit, 2019.

Code Source: ICD-9CM - AHRQ HCUP CCS v2015. ICD-10CM - AHRQ HCUP CCS v2018. ICD-10 Mortality - California Department of Public Health, Group Cause of Death Codes 2013; NHCS ICD-10 2e-v1 2017.

Data Guide, Dictionary, and Codebook: https://www.sandiegocounty.gov/content/dam/sdc/hhsa/programs/phs/CHS/Community%20Profiles/Public%20Health%20Services%20Codebook_Data%20Guide_Metadata_10.2.19.xlsx

In 2023, there were 338 drug overdose deaths recorded in the Netherlands. The number of casualties was lowest in 2010, while 2023 represented the highest annual figure. In the last six years, a record high in drug deaths was reached. Opiates, cocaine and other dangerous drugs  Many drug deaths in the Netherlands were caused by opiates. Of the total 338 casualties in 2023, 178 died because of opiate use. By comparison, there were 63 cocaine deaths that year. The number of cocaine-related deaths in the country in the past decade have also notably increased. Cocaine use on the rise According to the Trimbos survey on drug use, cocaine use has increased in the Netherlands. Whereas in 1997, 2.6 percent of the respondents stated to have used cocaine at least once in their lives, by 2022 this had grown to over six percent. Of the survey participants, one percent reported having used cocaine in the past month, a slight change in comparison to earlier years as well.

Data on the number of drug related deaths (cocaine and cannabis) in England and Wales in 2019, by gender shows that there were *** cocaine related male deaths and ** female ones, both of which increased from the numbers one year ago. This goes to show that drug related deaths are increasing in England and Wales.

After the first reports of cannabis vaping-related deaths in August 2019, sales of edibles rose in four of the leading legal state cannabis markets in the United States. Across Colorado, Nevada, California and Washington edibles gained an average of *** percent of the overall retail cannabis market.

Summary of the strength and direction of the association between a policy domain’s liberalism score and working-age mortality rates.

The map is based on the U.S. Sentence Commission reports for the year 2006. The map has data for the number of defendents charged with either trafficking or possessing marijuana.

Policies included in the eight domains (adapted from Grumbach 2018).

In 2023, 49 percent of cannabis users in Europe who entered treatment were using the drug daily, with a further nine percent consuming cannabis between four and six days in a week. Cannabis, also known as marijuana, can be administered through various means, often through smoking, vaporization, or eating. Country breakdown of use in Europe Cannabis is by far the most used drug across the population of the European Union, with over 31 percent of all people using at some point during their lifetime. With over twelve percent of its populations consuming cannabis, Spain had the highest prevalence of cannabis use among adults in Europe in 2024, followed by France and Italy, with 10.8 percent of its population regularly using cannabis. Drug deaths in Europe In 2020, 45 percent of those who died as a result of drug use in Europe were aged between 40 and 64 years, while 39 percent of drug deaths were among 25 to 39 year olds. Estonia was the country in Europe with the highest incidence of drug deaths in 2023, at 135 per million population.

Marijuana is by far the most used illicit drug in the United States, with over 64 million people using this drug in 2024. The second most used drug at that time was cocaine, followed by methamphetamine and ecstasy. The United States has had a complicated history with drugs, from fighting a “War on Drugs” starting in the 1970s, to seeing the legalisation of marijuana in many states, and experiencing an ongoing nationwide opioid overdose epidemic. Recreational marijuana Although marijuana is still illegal under federal law, 21 states have legalized the recreational use of marijuana. This legalization has opened a new and thriving market in these states. It is estimated that sales of legal cannabis will reach around 25 billion U.S. dollars by the year 2025. Although support for the legalization of marijuana has not always been strong, now around 68 percent of U.S. adults believe it should be made legal. The opioid epidemic The opioid epidemic describes a rise in overdose deaths in the U.S. due to prescription opioids, heroin, and illegally manufactured synthetic opioids such as fentanyl. The epidemic stems from misleading information from pharmaceutical companies concerning the dangers of opioids such as oxycontin, overprescribing of opioids from physicians, and an influx of easily accessible heroin and highly potent synthetic opioids. In 2022, there were around 81,806 deaths from opioid overdose in the United States.

In 2024, it was estimated that around *** thousand people in the United States used crack in the past month. Crack cocaine is the solid form of cocaine, and it is typically smoked to give an instant but short euphoric high. Crack is highly addictive and a rise in its use in the 1980s and early 1990s was associated with an increase in crime and violence in parts of the United States as well as stricter drug policies and an increase in incarceration rates. How many people have used crack? It is estimated that as of 2023, around *** million people in the United States had used crack in their lifetime. However, the use of cocaine, the powder form of crack that is usually snorted but can also be injected, is much more common than crack. It is estimated that over ** million people have used cocaine in their lifetime, making it the second most-used illicit drug in the United States. Marijuana is by far the most used illicit drug in the United States. Opioids: The newest drug epidemic Although the United States experienced a crack epidemic in the 1980s and early 1990s, crack is no longer the most feared drug in the country. Opioids now account for the vast majority of drug overdose deaths in the U.S. with the country currently experiencing what has been called an opioid epidemic. In 2021, there were just over ****** deaths due to opioid overdose in the United States, the highest number ever recorded. Although the origins of the opioid epidemic lie in misrepresentation and over prescription of opioids by pharmaceutical companies and physicians, illegally manufactured fentanyl, an extremely potent synthetic opioid, now accounts for most opioid overdose deaths.