Young Czechs Europe’s biggest marihuana smokers

Marihuana is the most popular soft drug on the continent and according to a report just published by the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Abuse there are more young marihuana smokers in the Czech Republic than anywhere else in Europe. In an anonymous survey, 28 percent of Czechs under 24 admitted to smoking marihuana from time to time, as compared to 19 percent of young people in Spain who rank second. Young Czechs also use the party drug ecstasy more often than other Europeans. Twelve percent of respondents said they boosted their stamina with it at dance parties.