Marijuana use in Costa Rica has increased 400 percent in the last decade, according to preliminary data released this week by the Institute on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (IAFA).
According to the IAFA, which conducts the study every five years, 4.1 percent of the Costa Rican population were marijuana users in 2015, compared to just 2.6 percent in 2010 and 1 percent in 2006.
That percentage is slightly higher than the world average but still well below that of the United States, where 13.7 percent of the population smokes marijuana at least once a year, according to a 2011 report by the United Nations.
As in previous studies, men are far more likely to be marijuana consumers than women: in 2015, 6.6 percent of men had consumed marijuana at least once that year, compared to 1.8 percent of women.
The study also found that 9 percent of high school students were marijuana users, who first experiment with the substance at an average age of 15.
According to a 2014 report from the United Nations, 3.8 percent of the world’s population – roughly 266 million people – smoke marijuana at least once a year.
A 2011 report by the United Nations said that 13.7 percent of the United States population smokes marijuana at least once a year, more than three times that reported in Costa Rica in 2015 by the IAFA. Information on Ibogaine treatments for drug and alcohol addiction
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