Daily Headlines REPORT NOTING 166M WORLDWIDE SMOKE MARIJUANA RENEWS LEGALIZATION CALL (Source:National Post)

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The number of marijuana smokers in the world has grown to more than 160 million people, a report released yesterday shows, which has Canadian advocates renewing calls for legalization of the drug.



An Australian study, citing United Nations data from 2006 and published in the journal Lancet, found that about 166 million people aged 15-64 -- or an estimated one in 25 in that age range -- reported using cannabis. That's up from about 159 million people in 2005.



"It's not going away. So should one in 25 people be criminalized for smoking pot?" asked Eugene Oscapella, an Ottawa professor and spokesman for the Canadian Foundation For Drug Policy. It is urging Ottawa to allow people to grow their own and tax sales.





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Pubdate: Fri, 16 Oct 2009

Source: National Post (Canada)

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