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Cannabis most popular illegal drug among students.


Summary: <p>Cannabis cannabis: see hemp; marijuana.
cannabis

Any plant of the genus Cannabis, which contains a single species, C. sativa. It is widely cultivated throughout the northern temperate zone.
 is the illegal drug most frequently used by students in Lebanon, while 80 percent have heard of cocaine and 64 percent have heard of heroine, according to according to
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 a survey published on Friday. The survey was conducted by the Education Ministry, the drug combating foundation of the Council of Europe Council of Europe, international organization founded in 1949 to promote greater unity within Europe and to safeguard its political and cultural heritage by promoting human rights and democracy. The council is headquartered in Strasbourg, France. , Pompidou Group Co-operation Group to Combat Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking in Drugs (Pompidou Group) is an inter-governmental body formed in 1971 at the suggestion of the late French President Georges Pompidou.  and the department of social and family medicine at the Universite Saint-Joseph.

BEIRUT: Cannabis is the illegal drug most frequently used by students in Lebanon, while 80 percent have heard of cocaine and 64 percent have heard of heroine, according to a survey published on Friday. The survey was conducted by the Education Ministry, the drug combating foundation of the Council of Europe, Pompidou Group and the department of social and family medicine at the UniversitE[umlaut umlaut (m`lout) [Ger.,=transformed sound], in inflection, variation of vowels of the type of English man to men. ] Saint-Joseph. The poll was conducted on the national level and included 1,097 students from public and private schools. The narguileh was the legal drug most frequently used among students between the ages of 14 and 15. Only one out of every four students said they were living in a non-smoking household. -- The Daily Star

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Publication:The Daily Star (Beirut, Lebanon)
Date:Oct 10, 2009
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