AMSTERDAM, Nov 5 (Reuters) - The Dutch are among the lowest users of marijuana or cannabis in Europe despite the Netherlands´ well-known tolerance of the drug, according to a regional study published on Thursday. Among adults in the Netherlands, 5.4 percent used cannabis, compared with the European average of 6.8 percent, according to an annual report by the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, using latest available figures.

A higher percentage of adults in Italy, Spain, the Czech Republic and France took cannabis last year, the EU agency said, with the highest being Italy at 14.6 percent. Usage in Italy used to be among the lowest at below 10 percent a decade ago.

Countries with the lowest usage rates, according to the Lisbon-based agency, were Romania, Malta, Greece and Bulgaria.

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Does it mean that legalising pot may lower the consumption, acaba

 It appears that way!  I wonder about the drinking age in Germany and the effects it has as well.

I read the story about 12 years old Meryam from Dogubeyazit (Eastern Turkey) who supposedly had an ´accident´ with her fathers gun. Coincident that it just happened after she wrote a ´I love you´ letter to a classmate and she was caught? I don´t believe it. It sounds a little too much to ´honour´ revenge. 

For those who want to read the story, here it is in Turkish.

shhhhh...

dont tell this vineyards or armegon!

Why would Turkish people get offended by that? This is how it was and how it will be, Kurds just won´t give up the feodal lifestyle and "töre". I have heard supposedly leftist/liberal DTP´s parliament members defend the "töre" with my own ears. This isn´t a simple education issue, it´s cultural. Any action against töre is regarded as an attempt of assimilation. We don´t have any choice but to let them practice their culture as they please.

 We don´t have any choice but to let them practice their culture as they please.

 It is outrageous!!!In any case children are victims no matter what culture their suffering is a thing that should never happen!!!!I guess we all agree that 12 year old is still a kid!!!

No mercy for child´s abusers !!!!!!!!

You can simply call them child murderers.

 It is outrageous!!!In any case children are victims no matter what culture their suffering is a thing that should never happen!!!!I guess we all agree that 12 year old is still a kid!!!

No mercy for child´s abusers !!!!!!!!

ah, only children?

no mercy to any abuser!

but turks prefer to have no mercy or find no tolerance to the mistakes happen in norway or other western countries.

so far i have never seen any turk here in tc posting things happen this sad  in turkey or neaighbouring eastern countries (oh, except for israel) to show their outrage or anger. or coming with ideas or wishes to change this.