People - Cannabis use in english speaking nations

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I was browsing Nationmaster (a great site for world statistics) and I came across this:

#1 New Zealand:22.23%
#2 Australia:17.93%
#3 United States:12.3%
#4 United Kingdom:9%
#5 Switzerland:8.5%
#6 Ireland:7.91%
#7 Spain:7.58%
#8 Canada:7.41%
#9 Netherlands:5.24%
#10 Belgium:5.01%
#11 France:4.7%
#12 Italy:4.6%
#13 Greece:4.39%
#14 Germany:4.1%
#15 Denmark:4.02%
#16 Norway:3.82%
#17 Portugal:3.68%
#18 Czech Republic:3.58%
#19 Poland:3.38%
#20 Austria:3.01%
#21 Finland:2.49%
#22 Luxembourg:1.94%
#23 Hungary:1.19%
#24 Mexico:1.13%
#25 Sweden:0.98%
#26 Japan:0.05%





DEFINITION: Percentage share of people who have used cannabis, generally including people 15 and above. Different nations have, however, focussed their studies on different age groups. United States and Netherlands: data for years 12 and above. Greece: Data for ages 12 to 64. Australia: data for ages 14 and above. United Kingdom: data for ages 16 to 59. Germany: data for ages 18-59. Denmark and France: data for ages 18 to 69. Data for 1998 or 1999 in most cases. Germany, Poland, and Spain: data for 1997. Austria: data for 1996. Denmark, France and Ireland: data for 1995.

which makes me wonder, why the apparent correlation between having english as ones first language, and using cannabis?

any thoughts, comments....

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Nice find! Wuould be better placed in the Cannbis forum, but still...