B.c.ers Access, Use Of Pot Greatest In Canada

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British Columbia
05 Oct 2006



by Stuart Hunter, staff writer,
1.84 Million B.C.ers Had Tried Marijuana At Least Once In 2004

We've gone to pot.

British Columbians have greater access to marijuana, and smoke it more often, than other Canadians, according to a joint study.

The study, by the University of Victoria-based Centre for Addictions Research of B.C. and Simon Fraser University's Centre for Applied Research on Mental Health and Addictions, found that 1.84 million B.C.ers had tried pot at least once in 2004.

That's about 53 per cent of the B.C. population, compared with 44 per cent in the rest of Canada.

B.C.ers also reported they found it "very easy" to obtain weed -- about 65 per cent provincially compared with 44 per cent elsewhere in Canada.

Fewer B.C. respondents believed cannabis use should be illegal -- 42 per cent, versus 49 per cent elsewhere.

Study co-author Dr. Benedikt Fischer, director of CARBC's Illicit Drugs, Public Health and Policy unit, said both B.C.ers and those in the rest of Canada reported using pot first at age 18 and three per cent reported using it daily. Yet more B.C.ers reported trying to control their use.

"There is a bit of a more liberal or accepting attitude [in B.C.] compared to the rest of Canada," Fischer said.

Generally, pot users were more likely to be young men with a higher education than non-users.

SFU's Jodi Sturge said the high-use rate in B.C. has resulted in more cases of potentially hazardous use.

"In B.C., cannabis, like alcohol, is now regarded as a normal recreational drug and the risks associated with it are especially frequent," Sturge said in a news release.

The ongoing study can be found at http://www.carbc.ca.
 
British Columbia
05 Oct 2006


B.C. THE MARIJUANA CAPITAL OF CANADA, STUDY FINDS

People in B.C. smoke more marijuana than people in any other province in Canada, according to a study released Wednesday.

"There is more occasional and low-risk cannabis use, more tolerant attitudes, and greater availability in B.C. than in the rest of Canada," says the study for Addictions Research of B.C., which is based at the University of Victoria,

"In B.C. cannabis, like alcohol, is now regarded as a 'normal' recreational drug."

In fact, daily use among young people in B.C. is outstripping tobacco, and the majority there want it decriminalized, says the study.

Estimates that put the value of the cannabis industry in B.C. at as much as $3.64 billion per year.

The study, which is based on a 2004 Canadian Addiction Survey, said more British Columbians report having used cannabis ( 53 per cent ), than other Canadians ( 44 per cent ).

British Columbians also report it is easy to find -- 65 per cent, versus only 44 per cent in Canada.
 

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