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maltatoday, SUNDAY, 20 JULY 2014 17 MaltaToday survey HOW DO THE MALTESE FEEL ABOUT CANNABIS? As dangerous as heroin and cocaine Less dangerous than heroin/cocaine BUT more dangerous than alcohol As dangerous/ less dangerous than alcohol Don't know AGE (YEARS) 13.8 49.2 19.4 17.6 8.1 62.1 21.6 8.2 14.5 49.6 21.3 14.6 EDUCATION 15.7 36.5 16.3 31.5 12.5 56.3 25 6.2 20 40 24 16 12.3 49.2 19.5 19 17.1 27.1 10 45.8 16-34 35-54 Over 55 University Post- secondary Secondary Primary WHAT'S THE MOST EFFECTIVE DRUG POLICY? Harsher penalties Drug use should stay illegal Drug users should not be treated as criminals, BUT selling drugs must remain illegal Cannabis should be sold legally, but other drugs should remain illegal All drugs should be legalised ALL AGED 16-34 UNIVERSITY EDUCATED 17.3 23.7 41.8 12.5 2.6 1 13 13 40.5 32.4 18.7 9.4 53.1 9.4 9.4 ALL Decriminalisation, 85% say 'yes' All 84.6 13 Prim 72.9 24.3 cannabis?' Perceptions of people who know someone who uses cannabis 'Cannabis smokers have MORE problems than alcohol users' 'Cannabis smokers have LESS problems than alcohol users' 18% 11.5% World going to pot? Clockwise from left to right: A demonstrator at the Marijuana March in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; The Keurmerk label is a certificate for Dutch coffee shop sselling cannabis product provided they follow age policy and minimize nuisance; a British policeman stands behind a cannabis surrender point at a demonstration calling for cannabis to be legalized, in Hyde Park in London; and a cultivator of marijuana smelling a plant at his house in Montevideo, Uruguay, before senators legalised the production and sale of marijuana. Uruguay is the first country in the world to regulate the cultivation and distribution of the soft drug.