Cannabis is being adulterated with dangerous synthetics, Citizens’ Assembly hears

Cannabis remains Europe’s most popular drug with an estimated 15.5% of people aged 15-34 (15m people) reporting using it in the last year. File Picture: Getty

Warnings that cannabis is increasingly being adulterated with synthetic cannabinoids, boosting potency and potentially leading to grave health impacts, were made at the first Citizens’ Assembly on Drugs Use.

Eleven EU member states have detected adulterated samples of the drug since 2020, with both fatal and non-fatal outcomes, Dr Eoghan Quigley of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA), said.