The Basque Country is the third autonomous community in cannabis consumption: more than half the population has ever tested it
In the Basque Country, 55% of the population report having consumed this substance "at least once", while in Navarre the percentage drops to 45%.
More than half of Basque society has ever tested cannabis, although regular consumption data are much lower. In particular, 55% of the population living in the Basque Country have ever tried cannabis, while in Navarre 45% have ever used cannabis.
These data are collected in the latest EITB Data study, which analyses cannabis use in Hego Euskal Herria and collects various reports and survey data on drug use, risk of addiction, attitudes to legalization or the evolution of arrests.
With regard to general consumption, the report shows that the CSC ranks first among all the communities of the Spanish State, according to the EDADES survey of the Ministry of Health on alcohol and other drugs.
In particular, 54.9 per cent of the population aged 15 to 64 have tested cannabis , compared with only the Valencian Community (60.5 per cent) and Cantabria (56.8 per cent) , while Navarre is in the middle.
Consumption by sex
The report also contains data by sex , with a significant difference, with 54 per cent of men claiming to have used cannabis and 35 per cent of women having tried cannabis.
These other data collected in EiTB Data have been extracted from the2023 Basque Country Addiction Survey, a study that has shown that the usual consumption of is much lower: only 6.23% of the population aged 15 to 74 have consumed cannabis in the last 30 days.
Evolution
According to the study, since 2004 there has been a decrease in sporadic and daily cannabis use, but experimental consumption (which they have ever tried) has increased.
According to the Basque Country's Addiction Survey, the percentage of people who have ever tried cannabisis the highestin the historical series 0 (44.2% among those aged 15 to 74), compared with the lowest percentages in the last 12 months (8.1%), the last 30 days (4.1%) and the daily (1.5%).
For example, in 2006, consumption in the last year reached 14%, consumption in the last 30 days reached 11% and daily consumption was around 3.8%, i.e. more people have tried cannabis, but less so those who useit regularly.
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