Fifty two percent increase in cannabis related arrests during 2010 compared to 2009:

Present trends indicate an increase in the misuse of cannabis, the latest Handbook of Drug Abuse Information issued by the National Dangerous Drugs Control Board said.

According to statistics of the handbook, there had been a 52 percent increase in cannabis related arrests during 2010 compared to 2009.

Around 20,259 persons had been arrested for cannabis related offences in 2010 while this number was 13,300 in 2009.

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