“Ehlabathini lonke, amazwe angaphezu kwama-50 asemthethweni asebenzisa i-cannabis ngendlela ethile. Amazwe amathandathu abhalise i-cannabis ukuba isetyenziswe ngabantu abadala (ekwabizwa ngokuba kukuzonwabisa), utshilo uGiadha Aguirre de Carcer weNew Frontier Data: "Umzi-mveliso osemthethweni we-cannabis yinto eyenzeka kwihlabathi liphela namhlanje. Ngaphandle kokuvalwa okukhulu, ukusetyenziswa kwe-cannabis kuyanda kwaye isimo sengqondo esibalulekileyo malunga nomsebenzisi we-cannabis siyaqhubeka nokuba buthathaka. " Kuqikelelwa ukuba bangama-263 ezigidi abasebenzisi be-cannabis kwihlabathi liphela; Imfuno yangoku ye-cannabis iqikelelwa kwi-344,4 yezigidigidi zeedola. Ehlabathini lonke, kuqikelelwa ukuba i-1,2 yezigidigidi zabantu baneengxaki zempilo apho i-cannabis ibonakalise izibonelelo zonyango. Ukuba unyango lwe-cannabis lwamayeza lwalunokubamba nkqu neqhezu elincinci labemi, oko kungadala intengiso enkulu. I-Canada, ilizwe elineyona ntengiso inkulu esemthethweni yabantu abadala ye-cannabis, yaba nguvulindlela kurhwebo lwe-cannabis, ithumela ngaphandle i-2018 yeetoni ze-cannabis ezomileyo kwi-1,5 (kathathu ngaphezulu ngo-2017). Imimandla efana neLatin America kunye ne-Afrika inokukhuphisana kwimarike yokuthumela ngaphandle ngenxa yeendleko eziphantsi zemveliso kunye neemeko zemozulu ezifanelekileyo.