REPORTE MUNDIAL DE DROGAS - LIBRO NRO 3: SUMINISTRO DE DROGAS

Cannabis
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Fig. 37 Number of countries reporting outdoor and indoor cannabis cultivation, 2012–2014 and
2015–2018
72
68
70
Outdoor cannabis
57 59
60
Indoor cannabis
51
50
44
38
40
27
30
Number of countries
20
10
0
2012–2014 2015–2018 2012–2014 2015–2018
Countries reporting cannabis cultivation
and related law enforcement activities
Countries reporting cannabis cultivation
trends
Source: UNODC, responses to the annual report questionnaire.
Fig. 38 Qualitative information on trends in outdoor and indoor cannabis cultivation, 2012–2018
50
Percentage
40
30
20
10
0
Increase Stable Decrease "Net growth"
(reported increase
Outdoor cannabis cultivation
Indoor cannabis cultivation
minus reported
decrease)
Source: UNODC, responses to the annual report questionnaire.
data for those activities as linked to indoor cultivation.
Some countries reported both indoor and
outdoor cannabis cultivation.
Whereas outdoor cannabis production is found
across the globe, most of the countries reporting
indoor cultivation continue to be countries in
Europe and the Americas, most notably the United
States and Canada in North America, and countries
in Central and South America, including Chile,
Uruguay, Colombia and Ecuador. Indoor cannabis
cultivation outside those regions seems to be more
limited, affecting a few countries in Oceania
(Australia and New Zealand) and Asia (including
Israel, Armenia and Georgia, followed by the Islamic
Republic of Iran, Uzbekistan and Hong Kong,
China). So far, no indoor cannabis cultivation has
been reported to UNODC by countries in Africa.
Growth in indoor cannabis cultivation
appears to be more pronounced than
growth in outdoor cultivation
Cannabis cultivation in indoor settings has expanded
geographically over the years to a greater extent than
has outdoor cultivation, as the number of countries
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