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06-27-2006, 05:47 PM #1OPSenior Member
UN: POT USE OUT OF CONTROL
'IT GROWS EVERYWHERE'
By AP
WASHINGTON -- Marijuana use worldwide is out of control because the plant grows everywhere, is in high demand and is considered by many to be harmless, a UN agency said yesterday.
Antonio Maria Costa, executive director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, highlighted the marijuana problem at a news conference where he released his office's 2006 World Drug Report.
While governments around the world generally have succeeded in containing use of heroin, cocaine and amphetamines, marijuana is a different story, Costa said.
INCREASED THC CONTENT
"It's out of control in supply because it's a weed; it grows everywhere. It's out of control in demand because it's erroneously considered a light drug," he said. "Indeed, it is extremely problematic because of much-increased THC, tetrahydrocannabinol, content."
The UN report generally was upbeat, boasting gains including that opium poppy cultivation was down 22% in 2005.
It attributed the decline in opium poppy cultivation to cutbacks in the world's three main source countries of illicit opium: Afghanistan, Myanmar and Laos. Opium is the main ingredient for heroin.
'IT GROWS EVERYWHERE'
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