Perhaps this is why mums really go to Iceland.
The country ranks the highest in the Europe and north America for people getting off their faces on pot.
A new series of maps, created by Recovery Brands, reveals that Iceland has the largest proportion of cannabis users with between 160 and 190 people smoking spliffs per 1,000 adults.
The drug isn’t even legal in the country – although anyone found with the drug given a fine rather than face jail.
It is believed the reason for the high usage of the drug is due to the price of alcohol being high, due to beer only being legalised 25 years ago.
Surprisingly, The Netherlands doesn’t even make it onto the top five in the list – despite marijuana being decriminalised. The UK meanwhile has between 40 and 70 people every 1,000 who like to spark up some dope.
The maps show Spain has the highest number of cocaine users
Opiates such as heroin and morphine are used the most in north America
North America also has the most users of amphetamine-type stimulants
And Norway has the highest number of alcohol drinkers
Spain is considered a gateway for drugs to enter Europe, due to its 1,864 mile-long coastline, the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCCDA) said, going some way to explain its prevalence in the country.
And almost 94 per cent of banknotes have traces of the drug.
The data in the maps is based on date collected by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) between 2003 and 2014.
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