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The Recreational Use of Cannabis 219Figure 6.3. Distribution of number of marijuana cigarettes (spliffs) smokedper day in 2469 regular cannabis users in Britain, surveyed between 1994and 1997. Data provided by the Independent Drug Monitoring Unit to theHouse of Lords Cannabis Report (1997). Reprinted with permission fromI.D.M.U.The extent to which a heavy user can consume cannabis is largely unappreciated.. . . These are people who have become dependent on cannabis;they are psychologically addicted to the almost constant consumptionof cannabis. . . . Becoming stoned and remaining stoned throughoutthe day is their prime directive."The maximum consumption figures reported by Montgomery andby the IDMU correspond to large intakes of THC. People consumingmore than 5 g of cannabis resin a day may have a daily intake of as muchas 200-300 mg of THC. These are by no means the highest figuresreported in the literature, however. There are reliable records of people