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People entering treatment for cannabis

European Union Drugs Agency (EUDA) · 2024 (France, Spain and Türkiye 2023)

Some countries punish people who use cannabis; others send them to treatment, and some do both. The European Union Drugs Agency reports how many people entered drug treatment in a year and how many came mainly for cannabis.[1] In 2024 cannabis was the main reason for 66% of those entering treatment in Hungary, 52% in Germany and 45% in France in 2023, and for about a tenth in Estonia, Bulgaria and Slovenia.

Some people come of their own accord, others are sent by a court or the police, and countries count treatment differently.[1] A high share can reflect courts sending people to treatment as much as harm from cannabis. The chart of punish or treat sets treatment beside offences; each profile’s beyond the penalty section explains what diversion means there.

Published by
EUDA — Statistical Bulletin 2026, treatment demand, all entrants by main drug (table TDI-0005)
Data
table TDI-0005 (XML)
File here
euda-cannabis-treatment.csv
See also
The interactive map · The chart · The files and their checksums
of 220 places covered
29
years in the file
2023–2024
the median country
25.4%

Treatment entrants who came for cannabis, on the map

The stronger the blue, the larger the share of treatment entrants who came for cannabis. Countries outside the EUDA's tables are hatched. Select a country for its profile.

Under 15%15–25%25–35%35–45%45% or moreNot in the EUDA's treatment tables

EUDA Statistical Bulletin 2026, table TDI-0005. Countries count treatment differently. Not part of the score.

Highest · Treatment entrants who came for cannabis

  1. Hungary65.9%2024
  2. Germany52.1%2024
  3. France44.9%2023

Lowest · Treatment entrants who came for cannabis

  1. Estonia9.3%2024
  2. Bulgaria10%2024
  3. Slovenia11%2024

Country by country

Each place's latest figure, as on its profile. Select a heading to sort.

Further figures
AustriaEurope23.9%of people entering drug treatment came for cannabis1,122 of 4,702 people · 20242024
BelgiumEurope27.3%of people entering drug treatment came for cannabis3,260 of 11,928 people · 20242024
BulgariaEurope10%of people entering drug treatment came for cannabis164 of 1,648 people · 20242024
CroatiaEurope24.2%of people entering drug treatment came for cannabis474 of 1,958 people · 20242024
CyprusEurope35.3%of people entering drug treatment came for cannabis329 of 932 people · 20242024
CzechiaEurope25.2%of people entering drug treatment came for cannabis2,832 of 11,230 people · 20242024
DenmarkEurope40.8%of people entering drug treatment came for cannabis3,545 of 8,683 people · 20242024
EstoniaEurope9.3%of people entering drug treatment came for cannabis38 of 409 people · 20242024
FinlandEurope12.7%of people entering drug treatment came for cannabis29 of 228 people · 20242024
FranceEurope44.9%of people entering drug treatment came for cannabis29,857 of 66,543 people · 20232023
GermanyEurope52.1%of people entering drug treatment came for cannabis18,923 of 36,349 people · 20242024
GreeceEurope28.6%of people entering drug treatment came for cannabis1,045 of 3,649 people · 20242024
HungaryEurope65.9%of people entering drug treatment came for cannabis2,359 of 3,580 people · 20242024
IrelandEurope16.9%of people entering drug treatment came for cannabis2,143 of 12,663 people · 20242024
ItalyEurope25.4%of people entering drug treatment came for cannabis8,393 of 33,017 people · 20242024
LatviaEurope32.2%of people entering drug treatment came for cannabis267 of 828 people · 20242024
LithuaniaEurope11.8%of people entering drug treatment came for cannabis63 of 533 people · 20242024
LuxembourgEurope40.6%of people entering drug treatment came for cannabis88 of 217 people · 20242024
MaltaEurope14.6%of people entering drug treatment came for cannabis309 of 2,111 people · 20242024
NetherlandsEurope37.4%of people entering drug treatment came for cannabis5,635 of 15,058 people · 20242024
NorwayEurope24.4%of people entering drug treatment came for cannabis1,420 of 5,808 people · 20242024
PolandEurope28.4%of people entering drug treatment came for cannabis1,161 of 4,085 people · 20242024
PortugalEurope33.4%of people entering drug treatment came for cannabis1,240 of 3,714 people · 20242024
RomaniaEurope44.3%of people entering drug treatment came for cannabis1,002 of 2,260 people · 20242024
SlovakiaEurope19%of people entering drug treatment came for cannabis485 of 2,556 people · 20242024
SloveniaEurope11%of people entering drug treatment came for cannabis23 of 210 people · 20242024
SpainEurope26.1%of people entering drug treatment came for cannabis12,671 of 48,635 people · 20232023
SwedenEurope11.3%of people entering drug treatment came for cannabis3,015 of 26,668 people · 20242024
TürkiyeAsia16.1%of people entering drug treatment came for cannabis1,771 of 11,022 people · 20232023

What is counted, and how the file was made

The people who entered drug treatment in a year, and how many of them came mainly for cannabis, as each European country reports them to the EUDA. Some come of their own accord, others are sent by a court or the police; countries count treatment differently. Croatia reports everyone in treatment rather than those entering it, and Sweden combines several sources.

The EUDA's site refuses scripted downloads, so the table was read in a browser on 22 October 2026 from the EUDA's data service and the total and cannabis columns were written here, with the share of cannabis worked out.

The file belongs to EUDA and keeps its terms; cite the publisher when you use it.

References

  1. EUDA — European Drug Report statistical bulletin 2026, treatment demand
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