minus-squareImacat@lemmy.dbzer0.comtoWorld News@lemmy.world•Japan to criminalise cannabis uselinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·8 days agoThat’s a misleading headline. Makes it sound like 70% of young people use cannabis. The figure is that of people who were charged with cannabis related crimes, 70% were in their 20s. About 1.8% of their population had ever used cannabis in 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20210122065355/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/01/22/national/japan-marijuana-law/ linkfedilink
That’s a misleading headline. Makes it sound like 70% of young people use cannabis. The figure is that of people who were charged with cannabis related crimes, 70% were in their 20s. About 1.8% of their population had ever used cannabis in 2019.
https://web.archive.org/web/20210122065355/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/01/22/national/japan-marijuana-law/