Drug deaths are on the riseBetween 2012 and 2016, drug deaths in Germany rose year-on-year. Official figures from 2016 show that some 600,000 Germans currently have a "problematic relationship" with cannabis and other illegal drugs. And that is because Germany does not distinguish between money spent on countering the use of legal drugs like alcohol and tobacco, and illegal drugs. In 2015, a quarter of all drug deaths (315) happened in the wealthy southern state. Cannabis, the illegal drug of choiceUnsurprisingly perhaps, many more Germans have tried cannabis than other illegal drugs.

Source: The Local July 25, 2017 09:22 UTC