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The European Citizens' Initiative: "Weed like to talk" (2014)

"A European solution to a European issue : legalizing cannabis. The ECI Weed like to talk aims at making the EU adopt a common policy on the control and regulation of cannabis production, use and sale."
Initiative details - European Citizens' Initiative - European Commission

Current status: Insufficient support

BUT, show an instructive picture it the "statements of support collected online".

Statements of support collected online - Online Collection System

 

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NIH: Nearly 6 Million Americans Suffer From ‘Marijuana Use Disorder’
March 11, 2016 – Nearly six million Americans - or 2.5 percent of adults in the U.S. - suffer from “marijuana use disorder”, according to a new study by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA).

The study was released as a record number of ballot proposals to either legalize or decriminalize marijuana have been proposed in 16 states this year, according to BallotPedia. “Marijuana use disorder is common in the United States, is often associated with other substance use disorders, behavioral problems, and disability, and goes largely untreated,” according to NIAAA, which is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The findings from NIAAA’s National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC) study were published in The American Journal of Psychiatry.

Dr. Bridget Grant and eight co-authors interviewed 36,309 participants over the age of 18 about their use of drugs and alcohol and “related psychiatric conditions” over a 12-month period between 2012 and 2013. “In keeping with previous findings, the new study found that past-year and lifetime marijuana use disorders were strongly and consistently associated with other substance use and mental health disorders.”

Pot shop in Colorado, where it is legal to purchase recreational marijuana.​

Researchers found that the 6.3 percent of the study participants who smoked pot an average of 274 days per year had “lifetime diagnoses” of marijuana use disorder, which “was associated with other substance use disorders, affective disorders, anxiety, and personality disorders.” “To be diagnosed with the disorder, individuals must meet at least two of 11 symptoms [listed in the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders] that assess craving, withdrawal, lack of control, and negative effects on personal and professional responsibilities,” the study stated. “Severity of the disorder is rated as mild, moderate, or severe depending on the number of symptoms met.” “The new analysis complements previous population-level studies by Dr. Grant’s group that show that marijuana use can lead to harmful consequences for individuals and society,” NIAAA director George Koob commented.

Marijuana use disorder is most common in men under the age of 45. “The risk for onset of the disorder was found to peak during late adolescence and among people in their early 20s, with remission occurring within 3 to 4 years,” the study found, noting that mental disabilities “persist even after remission.” “Findings suggest the need to improve prevention and educate the public, professionals, and policy makers about possible harms associated with cannabis use disorders and available interventions,” the researchers concluded. Marijuana (cannabis), classified as a Schedule I substance, has “no currently accepted medical use and [has] a high potential for abuse,” according to the Drug Enforcement Administration.

Although marijuana has not been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat any medical condition, the FDA has approved two synthetic cannabinoids – dronabinol and nabilone – which are available to patients in pill form. Despite legalization in Alaska, Colorado, Oregon, Washington, and the District of Columbia, the use and distribution of marijuana is still illegal under the federal Controlled Substances Act. The U.S. Supreme Court is currently considering whether to hear a federal lawsuit filed in 2014 by the States of Nebraska and Oklahoma requesting that the high court throw out Colorado’s Amendment 64, which legalized the use of recreational marijuana. Colorado voters approved the measure in 2012. The lawsuit argues that “the State of Colorado has created a dangerous gap in the federal drug control system” that has caused “irreparable injury” to its two neighboring states.

NIH: Nearly 6 Million Americans Suffer From ‘Marijuana Use Disorder’

 

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NIH: Nearly 6 Million Americans Suffer From ‘Marijuana Use Disorder’
March 11, 2016 – Nearly six million Americans - or 2.5 percent of adults in the U.S. - suffer from “marijuana use disorder”, according to a new study by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA).

The study was released as a record number of ballot proposals to either legalize or decriminalize marijuana have been proposed in 16 states this year, according to BallotPedia. “Marijuana use disorder is common in the United States, is often associated with other substance use disorders, behavioral problems, and disability, and goes largely untreated,” according to NIAAA, which is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The findings from NIAAA’s National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC) study were published in The American Journal of Psychiatry.

Dr. Bridget Grant and eight co-authors interviewed 36,309 participants over the age of 18 about their use of drugs and alcohol and “related psychiatric conditions” over a 12-month period between 2012 and 2013. “In keeping with previous findings, the new study found that past-year and lifetime marijuana use disorders were strongly and consistently associated with other substance use and mental health disorders.”

Pot shop in Colorado, where it is legal to purchase recreational marijuana.​

Researchers found that the 6.3 percent of the study participants who smoked pot an average of 274 days per year had “lifetime diagnoses” of marijuana use disorder, which “was associated with other substance use disorders, affective disorders, anxiety, and personality disorders.” “To be diagnosed with the disorder, individuals must meet at least two of 11 symptoms [listed in the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders] that assess craving, withdrawal, lack of control, and negative effects on personal and professional responsibilities,” the study stated. “Severity of the disorder is rated as mild, moderate, or severe depending on the number of symptoms met.” “The new analysis complements previous population-level studies by Dr. Grant’s group that show that marijuana use can lead to harmful consequences for individuals and society,” NIAAA director George Koob commented.

Marijuana use disorder is most common in men under the age of 45. “The risk for onset of the disorder was found to peak during late adolescence and among people in their early 20s, with remission occurring within 3 to 4 years,” the study found, noting that mental disabilities “persist even after remission.” “Findings suggest the need to improve prevention and educate the public, professionals, and policy makers about possible harms associated with cannabis use disorders and available interventions,” the researchers concluded. Marijuana (cannabis), classified as a Schedule I substance, has “no currently accepted medical use and [has] a high potential for abuse,” according to the Drug Enforcement Administration.

Although marijuana has not been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat any medical condition, the FDA has approved two synthetic cannabinoids – dronabinol and nabilone – which are available to patients in pill form. Despite legalization in Alaska, Colorado, Oregon, Washington, and the District of Columbia, the use and distribution of marijuana is still illegal under the federal Controlled Substances Act. The U.S. Supreme Court is currently considering whether to hear a federal lawsuit filed in 2014 by the States of Nebraska and Oklahoma requesting that the high court throw out Colorado’s Amendment 64, which legalized the use of recreational marijuana. Colorado voters approved the measure in 2012. The lawsuit argues that “the State of Colorado has created a dangerous gap in the federal drug control system” that has caused “irreparable injury” to its two neighboring states.

NIH: Nearly 6 Million Americans Suffer From ‘Marijuana Use Disorder’

I have never traveled to the USA, but very like. There you can tell the truth without consequences.
In my opinion, it is not possible to produce trustworthy statistics in Hungary, here. It is not possible to survey public opinion, because if you ask a teenager, just is one response expected: "NO". Because they want so to avoid the punishment.

NEWS
"What punishment for drug addicts in Hungary?
06/11/2013
Since July 2013, Hungary has a new Penal Code that will significantly tighten penalties for drug-related crimes. While several civil and professional organisations have supported decriminalisation of drug use for many years – they don’t wish to punish consumers, but punish the dealers instead – the new code just moves in the opposite direction.

Penalize consumption, be stricter with addicts
Until 2013, drug use itself wasn’t punishable by law. Acquisition and possession of drug was already a crime, but since July the act of taking drugs has also become illegal. Drug consumption is considered as serious a crime as possessing a small amount of a controlled substance, so punishable by up to two years imprisonment.

Before July, a prison sentence could be avoided if the user agreed to enrol on a six-month course (this is typically preventive or awareness training), if it was a first drug offence. If the user could prove his participation in the course with a certificate within a year, the legal procedure was terminated and there would be no criminal record. Since July, this ‘last chance’ to avoid a conviction has been removed. If a user gets caught once, that user will be punished and have a criminal record.

For drug addicts the new Criminal Code applies stricter rules and imposes significantly higher penalties than the previous legislation. Previously, drug-dependent offenders could avoid prosecution and participate in the course if they were in possession of more than a ‘small’ quantity, but less than a ‘significant’ quantity for personal use only.

Users of designer drugs had previously avoided the law, but since July that has not been the case. Acquiring and also possessing ‘designer drugs’ are now criminal offenses; production, sales, importation or exportation to the country is punishable up to three years imprisonment, even if perpetrators can prove they were unaware that the incriminating substance was a ‘designer drug’.

Prison sentences for those caught out at school
According to the old Criminal Code, an 18-year-old who carried on him or acquired a small quantity of a drug in an educational establishment could take part in an awareness course. Under the new law, possession could mean up to three years imprisonment; an 18-year-old student passing a spliff to a 17-year-old classmate at a school party can be punished from between one and five years in jail.

Grass up the dealer and avoid punishment
The punishment of a drug user can be reduced or scrapped altogether if the user helps to reveal the person handing over the drug. The consequences of this new measure are still unpredictable. It’s still quite common in Hungary that suspected dealers are convicted simply on the strength of a testimony – if a consumer confesses that he purchased the drug from a particular person, that person can be convicted even without being caught in possession of drugs."
Source: euronews – What punishment for drug addicts in Hungary?

(Note: The 18 year old citizens already adult person according to the law officially in Hungary.)