People of Karachi are planning to smoke up more to beat New York’s cannabis consumption

KARACHI: Late last week, it was revealed that Karachi was the second-highest consumer of cannabis in 2018, falling short behind New York. Delhi ranked in third, followed by Los Angeles, Cairo, Mumbai, and London, according to the weed index for 2018.

Top cities most consumption of cannabis, per year, (metric tons)

🇺🇸 New York: 77.44
🇵🇰 Karachi: 41.95
🇮🇳 Delhi: 38.26
🇺🇸 Los Angeles: 36.06
🇪🇬 Cairo: 32.59
🇮🇳 Mumbai: 32.38
🇬🇧 London: 31.4
🇺🇸 Chicago: 24.54
🇷🇺 Moscow: 22.87
🇨🇦 Toronto: 22.75

(weedindex-2018)

— World Index (@theworldindex) January 4, 2019

Here are some of the best Twitter reactions:

While many were surprised that the list did not include Amsterdam, some were jokingly shocked at Karachi not being no. 1.

we, the citizens of Karachi, want to protest, why aren’t we number one, the city has twice the population of NYC and 10 times the access to pot !!!!

— Faisal Rafi (@faisalrafi) January 5, 2019

More of us should smoke charas so we can help Pakistan be number one! https://t.co/FY0N4YBPEG

— Mubasher Pasha (@Guggu) January 6, 2019

There were also some that thought despite all the tension between Pakistan and India, at least the two nations are united when it comes to smoking up.

Divided by border united the joints. pic.twitter.com/NXqxUS1Ago

— 🇵🇰 (@KaptaanDeadPool) January 5, 2019

Karachi and Dehli are neck in neck, stoners are always peaceful and make friends easily, btw !!

— Faisal Rafi (@faisalrafi) January 5, 2019

Karachi…😍😍😍 pic.twitter.com/w6gT6l7Ftt

— 🇵🇰 (@KaptaanDeadPool) January 5, 2019

🇵🇰 Peshawar: (unweighable)

— Saqib Ilyas (@saqib896) January 6, 2019

Karachi takes the cake in subcontinent! Makes me wonder, with so much chill why the violence?

— Amjadian (@amjadian1) January 5, 2019

Weed has got it's own index, soon it will be up on stock market too. https://t.co/UPaG04Iu0O

— Ahsan (@OyeAhsan) January 6, 2019

Cannabis consumption in Karachi is the 2nd highest in the whole world. That explains why we had been voting for Altaf Hussain all these years.

— Salman Qureshi (@salmanzq) January 7, 2019

Karachi has been ranked 2nd in consumption of Cannabis. Would be a great move to legalize and tax it. If only we could see that through all the smoke. https://t.co/RDZV2FHaWM

— Salman Qureshi (@salmanzq) January 7, 2019

Rok sako tou rok lo. 😂

Top cities most consumption of cannabis, per year, (metric tons)

🇺🇸 New York: 77.44
🇵🇰 Karachi: 41.95
🇮🇳 Delhi: 38.26 https://t.co/zZqsve4E2W

— Danish Zaidi (@syedmdz) January 5, 2019

Karachi ranks second in the most consumption of cannabis in 2018
Wow we are really having some high time there

— Maaz (@nohetohomo) January 5, 2019

If Pakistan regulate and sell cannabis legally it can earn more than $500 million dollars (41950000g*$12) on average just from Karachi. Imagine the tax benefits for our struggling economy.
(price ranges from $7to$18 per gram under the 2018 US cannabis price index) https://t.co/8aFfhLzx6T

— Irfan Karim (@irfancarim) January 5, 2019