[TKDietz]

I agree that the statistics are probably not very accurate. What you will notice though when you look at international drug use statistics, regardless of the source, is that drug use tends to be higher i affluent nations than in poorer nations on average. Major source countries of drugs are often the poorer nations. And, whether we are talking about Morocco, Mexico or any other major source country the statistics pretty much always show that per capita use is much lower in these source countries than in the countries they are supplying. The people in these poorer source countries are struggling to survive. They can barely afford food, let alone drugs and a lot of leisure time to do drugs. I believe the statistics are probably in the ballpark of being right. There are probably a greater percentage of Americans and Europeans using marijuana and hashish than Moroccans.

I'm linking you to the consumption estimates from the 2008 UN World Drug Report. Scroll down to pages 276 and 277 to see estimates for cannabis use prevalence for person 15 through 64 the US, Europe and Morocco.

http://www.unodc.org/documents/wdr/WDR_2008/WDR2008_Statistical_Annex_Consumption.pdf

[Melinda]

They are simply not accurate. People need to open their eyes to the truth, not to what a phony or incompetent government tells them. Drugs are dirt cheap on the bottom rung of poverty, as that's where they are grown or made in these countries. The poor and homeless are always strung out. I'm telling you, your vision of what exists out there, or what you are hearing from conferences or pristine Gov’t statistics is far from reality. Why are these people struggling? Because they are ALWAYS under the influence. It is beyond sad, it is devastating to any culture, and for those who want to legalize anything that keeps people who can't help themselves (a number always on the increase) in a stupor is immoral.