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The question has been pertinently addressed to the authorities in those tropical countries where cannabis abuse has been endemic. A number of reports from such sources, including a survey commissioned by the United Nations, have warned the West of the dangers of a lax attitude to the "recreational" use of cannabis (the medicinal use is an entirely separate issue).
The drug is readily available in these countries because it grows as a weed, but most indigenous people refuse to touch it because of its demotivating and dispiriting effect on regular abusers is obvious.
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