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Cannabis is the most widely consumed illicit drug in Europe. It has been used as a drug and a source of fibre since historical times. It is a natural product, the main psychoactive constituent of which is tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). The cannabis plant is broadly distributed and grows in temperate and tropical areas. Almost all consumption of herbal cannabis and resin is of illicit material. On this page you can find links to data, scientific publications and resources available from the EMCDDA on the topic of cannabis.

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Publications

Publications by the EMCDDA on this topic

Global Cannabis Cultivation Research Consortium: a transnational online survey of cannabis growers

July 2022

This paper presents some of the key findings of an innovative online survey of cannabis growers in Europe, Australia and North America. The International Cannabis Cultivation Questionnaire (ICCQ) present generated important findings about cannabis cultivation, along with policy insights and…

European Web Survey on Drugs 2021: Ukraine

July 2022

The European Web Survey on Drugs collected data during March and May 2021 from people who use drugs, are aged 18 or older, and live in the 21 EU and 9 non-EU countries including Ukraine. In this period, the populations in many European and neighbouring countries were experiencing COVID-19-related…

European Web Survey on Drugs 2021: Georgia

July 2022

The European Web Survey on Drugs collected data during March to May 2021 from people who use drugs, are aged 18 or older and live in Georgia. In this period, the populations in many European and neighbouring countries were experiencing COVID-19-related lockdown or restrictions. Unless otherwise…

European Web Survey on Drugs 2021: Lebanon

July 2022

The European Web Survey on Drugs collected data during March and May 2021 from people who use drugs, are aged 18 or older, and live in 21 EU and 9 non-EU countries including Lebanon. In this period, the populations in many European and neighbouring countries were experiencing COVID-19-related…

Sources of cannabis acquisition by country and frequency of use in the European web survey on drugs

June 2022

This paper analyses the data collected in the European Web Survey on Drugs (EWSD) on the sources of supply for herbal cannabis and cannabis resin and their relationship to frequency of use. It does so by using data collected from the 16 countries that participated in the first two waves of the…

Comparing two approaches for estimating cannabis consumption: raking and regression

June 2022

This chapter explores two methods of bringing together the complementary strengths of general population surveys (GPS) and web surveys to develop improved estimates of overall quantities of drugs consumed — namely, raking and regression. Raking re-weights responses to a web survey in an attempt to…

News

Read our most recent news on this topic

Drug supply and use bounce back after COVID-19 disruption (June 2022)
Annual meeting of the Legal and policy correspondents’ network for non-EU partners (May 2022)
Die jüngsten Abwasserdaten stellen die Konsummuster in 75 europäischen Städten in 25 Ländern dar – ein Anstieg der Zahl der nachgewiesenen Fälle bei den meisten Drogen (March 2022)
Latest wastewater data reveal drug-taking habits in 75 European cities in a record 25 countries — increases in detections of most drugs studied (March 2022)
Los últimos datos sobre aguas residuales revelan los hábitos de consumo de drogas en 75 ciudades europeas, un récord, de 25 países — aumento en la detección de la mayoría de las drogas estudiadas (March 2022)
Les dernières données sur les eaux usées révèlent des habitudes de consommation de drogues dans 75 villes européennes, dans un nombre record de 25 pays — augmentation des détections de la plupart des drogues étudiées (March 2022)

Events

Recent and upcoming entries from our events calendar

Launch event: EU Drug Markets analyses (06 May 2022)
European Drugs Winter School (EDWS) (14 Feb 2022 to 25 Feb 2022, Online)
EMCDDA webinar: Cannabis control approaches across Europe (27 Oct 2021, Online)
EMCDDA webinar: Health and social responses to cannabis problems in Europe — time for a paradigm shift? (08 Oct 2021, Online)
Forensic Science Symposium 2021 (Session 1) (27 Sep 2021, Online)
Public hearing - Parliament of Victoria, Inquiry into the use of cannabis (09 Jun 2021, Online)

Data

Data sets and statistics on this topic

Drugs in wastewater: source data (June 2021)

Statistical Bulletin 2022 — drug use and prison (2022)
Statistical Bulletin 2022 — price, purity and potency (2022)
Statistical Bulletin 2022 — seizures of drugs (2022)
Statistical Bulletin 2022 — treatment demand (2022)
Statistical Bulletin 2022 — prevalence of drug use (2022)
Statistical Bulletin 2021 — drug use and prison (2021)

Data sets and statistics on this topic

Drugs in wastewater: source data (June 2021)

Document library

Documents on this topic in our Document Library

Cannabis and driving fact sheets: The International Council on Alcohol, Drugs & Traffic Safety (ICADTS) (2022)
The International Cannabis Toolkit (iCannToolkit) (2022)
Standard units for cannabis dose (2021)
“Tell Me How Much Your Friends Consume”—Personal, Behavioral, Social, and Attitudinal Factors Associated with Alcohol and Cannabis Use among European School Students (2021)
Personal, behavioral, social, and attitudinal factors associated with alcohol and cannabis use among European school students (2021)
COVID-19 and the drug supply chain: from production and trafficking to use (UNODC) (2020)