Conor Stewart
Research expert covering health & pharmaceuticals in the UK & Europe
Get in touch with us nowIn 2022, 48 percent of cannabis users in Europe who entered treatment were using the drug daily, with a further ten 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.
Cannabis is by far the most used drug across the population of the European Union, with almost 30 percent of all people using at some point during their lifetime. With eleven percent of their populations consuming cannabis, Czechia and France had the highest prevalence of cannabis use among adults in Europe in 2020. Followed by Spain, with 10.5 percent of its population regularly using cannabis.
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. Norway was the country in Europe with the highest incidence of drug deaths in 2020 at 85 per million population.
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Drug use in Europe
Prevalence of drug use, by country
Drug administration
Drug-related deaths
Treatment for drug abuse
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