Cannabis in Qatar

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Cannabis in Qatar
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Medicinal Illegal
Recreational Illegal

Cannabis is illegal in Qatar.

A 2000 report by UNODC estimated the prevalence of adult use of cannabis in Qatar to be between 1-.4%, but increasing. [1]

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References

  1. James Hawdon (January 2005). Drug and Alcohol Consumption as Functions of Social Structures: A Cross-cultural Sociology. Edwin Mellen Press. p. 65. ISBN   978-0-7734-6187-1.