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Cannabis in Kiribati
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'''[[Cannabis]] in [[Kiribati]]''' is illegal with severe punishments for the production, sale, and possession of marijuana for medicinal or recreational purposes.<ref></ref><ref></ref> A 2011 survey of young people, found that 6.8% of males and 1.6% of females had ever used cannabis.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
Kiribati, like other island nations in the [[West Pacific]] is utilised as a staging point in the [[illicit drug trade]], between [[South East Asia]] and [[Australasia]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> Fishermen turned to [[drug trafficking]] and [[gun running]] via [[organised crime]] due to [[overfishing]] decreasing the value of fish so low that their previous lifestyles were unsustainable. Kiribati's huge [[exclusive economic zone]] is too large to be patrolled effectively by the [[Law enforcement in Kiribati|Kiribati Police Service]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> In December 2019, a 3kg package of marijuana, along with 1.5kg of [[cocaine]], was found in the [[Line Islands]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 3, expected 2)</ref>
==References==
[[Category:Cannabis by country|Kiribati]]
[[Category:Kiribatian society]]
[[Category:Health in Kiribati]]
[[Category:Politics of Kiribati]]
April 28, 2020 at 07:54PM
