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27 jun 2012

Cannabismarkt groeit in Europa

De productie van cannabis in Europa groeit en ook de daarmee gepaard gaande criminaliteit. Dat blijkt uit dinsdag gepubliceerd onderzoek van het Europese Monitorcentrum voor Drugs en Drugsverslaving (Emcdda) in Lissabon. Vooral in Nederland, België, Denemarken, Finland en Groot-Brittannië was de groei de afgelopen twee decennia sterk. Het marktaandeel van marihuana steeg en dat van hasj daalde.

"One of the most important developments impacting on the modern cannabis market is simply its increase in scale", aldus EMCDDA directeur Wolfgang Götz. "Wherever you live in Europe today, it is likely that not very far away cannabis is being bought or sold. Cannabis offences make up the majority of drug offences reported in the EU. And around 700 tonnes of cannabis herb and resin are seized in Europe annually. Meanwhile, virtually all EU countries now report being affected by the domestic cultivation of cannabis, a development bringing with it consequences in terms of public health and security. In this report, we bring together state-of-the-art evidence to offer an in-depth analysis of cannabis production and markets across Europe."

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