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Palau: Is it the world's cannabis capital?

帕勞群島：世界大麻之鄉？

A small group of Pacific islands with the population of a small town has been named as the country with the highest consumption of beer and cannabis. Is that really true? 一小群太平洋島嶼，只擁有了一個小鎮的人口，確被命名為世界上消費啤酒和大麻最多的國家。這真的是事實嗎？

The United Nations' 2012 World Drugs Report, published in June, contains at least one surprising number - the nation with the highest level of cannabis use among adults is Palau. 六月份發佈的聯合國2012年世界毒品報告包含了至少一個驚人的數字—世界上成年人吸食大麻比例最高的國家是帕勞群島。

This tiny island nation in the western Pacific Ocean is home to just 21,000 people, where - according to the UN - a quarter of adults use cannabis. 據聯合國報導，這個西太平洋上的小島國是兩萬一千人的故鄉，--同時也有四分之一的成年人吸食大麻。

Not only are Palauans ahead of everyone else on this measure, they're ahead by a long way. The country with the next highest rate of cannabis use is Italy, where - the report says - some 15% of adults use the drug. 帕勞人不僅在此基礎上勝過其他地方的人，而且在其他方面也勝過很多。該報告指出，吸食大麻第二高比例的國家當屬義大利，成年人中約有15%的人吸食毒品。

If the idea that Palau is some sort of hedonist's retreat sounds familiar, that may be because the island topped a 2011 World Health Organization chart examining another vice. 如果帕勞人多少具有享樂主義的退卻思想聽起來耳熟的話，那或許是因為該島嶼榮登2011年世界衛生組織另一個惡習圖表調查的榜首。

According to the WHO's global status report on alcohol and health, Palauans drink more beer per capita than any other nation in the world. 根據世界衛生組織全球酒精和健康的現狀報告，帕勞人比世界任何其他國家的人人均飲用更多的啤酒。