One fifth of Cypriots have smoked marijuana
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 Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2005 5:38 pm |
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ONE in five Cypriots has tried marijuana at least once, according to yesterday’s presentation of the European report on drugs.
The report, presented by the Cyprus Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction at a press conference yesterday, is under a European umbrella organisation that was set up in 1993 to provide the EU Member States with information on drugs and drug addiction. This is the first time Cyprus data was included.
The study found that there are about 1,400 serious drug users in Cyprus (0.4 per cent of the population), which includes those who use intravenous drugs, cocaine and/or amphetamines. About 75-80 per cent of users consume more than one drug.
Of the 17 deaths that were registered in Cyprus in 2004, nine were due to heroin, three from a mix of heroin and cocaine, and two from cocaine overdoses. From January to May of 2005, heroin directly caused six deaths and indirectly caused two deaths.
The percentage of Cypriot students who have tried cocaine is the lowest in the EU, at almost zero per cent. Also, amphetamine use in Cyprus is relatively low for the European Union.
Cyprus does not yet offer methadone substitution treatment programmes such as those offered in other European countries. Cyprus also lacks any specialised treatment programmes for specific groups of drug users such as cocaine users. There is only one treatment centre in Cyprus for adolescents: Perseus.
The 2005 Annual Report on Drugs, a more general report that covers the entire EU region, found that cocaine use is on the rise in Europe. The EMCDDA estimates that roughly nine million people in the European Union, or three per cent of all adults, have tried cocaine, while about 1.5 million (0.5 per cent of adults) have used it in the past month.
The report found that in Spain and Britain more than four per cent of 15 to 34 year-olds have used cocaine in the last year, a figure that exceeds the percentage using ecstasy and amphetamines and approaches US levels, where the problem has traditionally been greater.
The Cyprus Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction caused an upset in the National Guard when they issued a report several months saying that 18.7 per cent of national guardsmen had tried drugs. In a written announcement the National Guard rejected the findings, saying that they were “without scientific basis.” |
Who belongs in that 1/5th? (not me  ) |
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| Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2005 5:58 pm |
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I must believe you?!  |
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| Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2005 8:26 am |
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No. But I have no reason to lie  |
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| Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 10:07 pm |
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| You don't need any official numbers to realise how deep we are in drugs in Cy.... Just be around clubs etc and you will realise this or even ..smell it! Just for info, 80,000 CYP is spent only in Limassol for drugs, imagine in the other towns... |
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| Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 10:29 pm |
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| It is getting worst but it is not as bad as other countries. 1/5th have tried drugs is not the same as 1/5th is using drugs. I have some friends that tried marijuana 1-2 times. This doesn't mean they are drug addicts ... I hope |
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| Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 10:32 pm |
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even though i would imagine one fifth is not really representaative. i would imagine much more  |
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| Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2005 12:57 am |
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| come on cypezokyli, we are not all like you |
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| Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 1:36 am |
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CYPRUS REALLY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH DROUGS...I SPENT MY SUMMER
HOLIDAY THERE....AND I SEE WITH MY EYES...SOSTOS IS TRU...NOT LIAR |
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| Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2005 2:44 am |
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| SpetsnazGRU |
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1/5? You must be kidding me right? Now this kind of stupid propagandistic articles make me mad!
Almost all of the youth (starting from 12 y.o.) had already tried weed and that would be like 3/5, not 1/5.
Trust me I know what Im saying |
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| Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2005 5:05 am |
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big deal...I reckon 1/5 of the world has smoked marijuana!
its not a Cypriot problem...infact, smoking marijuana is as much a problem as drinking alcohol...its all about moderation.
Almost everyone I have grown up with and know has smoked marijuana at some point in their lives. Excessive alcohol probably causes more deaths than marijuana does.
I dont smoke marijuana myself but I have tried it (well not marijuana...I have smoked skunk which is stronger).
Come on...even the older generation has smoked some form of canabis in their youth. |
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