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Headlines : War on DrugsAmericans are world's top drug users: study
In other news:
Total U.S. violent crime arrests = 611,523
Total U.S. hemp possesion arrests = 738,916
3.2 percent of the adult population under some form of criminal-justice supervision
CIA Torture Jet crashed with 4 Tons of COCAINE
[Posted By bacchus]Republished from The Nation
Americans are the world’s top consumers of cannabis and cocaine despite punitive US drug laws, according to an international study published in the online scientific magazine PLoS Medicine.
The study, released Monday, revealed that 16.2 percent of Americans had tried cocaine at least once, and 42.4 percent had used marijuana.
In second-place New Zealand, just 4.3 percent of study participants had used cocaine, and 41.9 percent marijuana.
The research was conducted at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, based on World Health Organization data from 54,068 people in 17 countries.
Rates of participation differed from country to country, and researchers noted uncertainty over how honestly people report their own drug use.
“Nevertheless, the findings present comprehensive data on the patterns of drug use from national samples representing all regions of the world,” a PLoS statement said.
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top drug users – that means we’re the bestest at using drugs, right?
Clearly the U.S. is a gateway drug….
you should look at the stats for Canadian marijuana use. although many more Americans are incarcerated for drug use, i thought i read a study with Canada at 58% with Denmark close behind at 51% in terms of using marijuana. i don’t really know about cocaine
“Americans are the world’s top consumers of cannabis and cocaine”
WhooHoo!!! USA #1!
they kind of skim over the fact that most of the people disenfranchised for voting in Florida were not actually criminals.
There may be a higher total number of drug users in the U.S… but only because their population is so much higher than that of other industrialized first-world nations.
Per capita, though, there’s no way that they come close to us Canadians. Or Kiwis, for that matter… if the Kiwis I’ve known were any indication.
True. Not only can we afford the best drugs money can buy, but we have a large amount of taxpayer funded networks to get it here. CIA, Military Industrial Complex, Mexican mules and border security.
Juan. Yes, bueno. Hey look, I’m having a big New Years Eve bash this year so I was wondering if you could smuggle a half-pound of high-quality brick up your ass and have it here by, oh say, December 20th. Yeah. Yeah. Family’s good. And go ahead and mow the lawn, take care of the landscaping while I’m at work. We’ll settle up later. Yeah, bueno, gracias, and adios, via con dios and don’t get caught.”
If we can ever get that huge fucking road built that ties Mexico to Canada, we can level the playing field so that Canada at least has a fighting chance for the #1 spot.
yeah heatscore but we’re the “top” drug users – this is what is important – not that we use the most, but that we use the best and in the bestest of ways
this thread make me hungry for drugs…
this thread make me hungry for drugs
I imagine if this thread was titled…
Top Ten World Class drug users: study
It prolly be somethin like…
1) Kieth Richards
2) Robert Downey Jr (ok, apparently reformed)
3) Livingston
4) Amy Whinehouse
5) Pete Doherty
5) Kate moss
etc. etc.
:)
I was depressed and I got a script for prozack
But when I had fun I was busted for smack
just tryin’ to escape from your black op world
I’d rather follow the white rabbit than go in the Bush
My momma said I am rebel against the Push
of your sick, twisted political power plays
Crack, Smack, Bushwacked, tie another one to the Rack
Then again, should I show some tact?
Comply, with your world of pain, toture and bomb the brown?
Is it that easy when you have the crown
Jesus worn a thorny one, better than to be horny and cum
I’ll pray for the piss christ anytime, but it will be on your dime
Get back to your game, but know that I won’t play
But I’ll play hide n’ seek. And you won’t find me on your Tom Tom
And like old bin, you won’t hit me with your bomb bomb
Teenager allegedly sends drug-laced treats to police
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A teenager is suspected of delivering baskets of drug-laced treats to about a dozen police departments in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, according to police who charged him Tuesday with LSD possession. At least three officers have gotten sick.
USA #1
With how much cops are hated by so many motivated people, any cops that would just eat “treats” sent to them must be written off as natural selection.