Canadian Cannabis Use Doubles

[hamilton]

From www.thestar.com :

Cannabis use doubles, study claims

Also, survey shows higher education equals higher pot use

OTTAWA (CP) — A major new study suggests marijuana use in Canada has doubled over the last decade.

The Canadian Addiction Survey reports that 14 per cent of respondents used cannabis in the last year, up from 7.4 per cent in 1994.

Overall, 45 per cent of respondents said they had used pot at least once in their lifetime. That rose to 70 per cent for those aged 18 to 24.

Males were more likely than females to have used the drug, and young people had a higher rate of use than older Canadians.

The survey also suggests usage increases with education, rising to 52 per cent for those with post-secondary education from 35 per cent among high school dropouts.

Those with higher incomes are also more likely to use cannabis.

The updated information comes as the federal government moves to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of pot.

The pro-marijuana group NORML Canada says the survey clearly shows that cannabis laws have failed to deter people from using the drug.

The survey is the first major study of drug and alcohol use among Canadians in a decade.

It was sponsored by Health Canada, the Canadian Executive Council on Addictions and the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse.

[Im going home Donny]

legalize it

[Freak By Night]

Pot use is up because it's so hard to get hash now!

[CyberHippie]

Not if your a disc golfer

[bONES]

i think it's because...

Man, I tell you, I don't know where the fu©king time goes. Seems like just yesterday Janie was bawling a blue streak and shitting herself in the car. Now, she's looking forward to high school, and her snot-nosed younger brother just turned 10. Instead of whining about wanting a pony, they're begging for cell phones, clothes, video games—you name it. Jesus Christ. Kids grow the fu©k up so fast these days.

For years, you're telling them, "Grow the fu©k up," "Stop your goddamn crying," and "Be a fu©king big girl and eat that sh!t your mom cooked." Then, all of a sudden, they're not whiny kids anymore, but good-for-nothing bitchy teens.

kids grow the fu©k up so fast these days

[ollie]

The survey also suggests usage increases with education, rising to 52 per cent for those with post-secondary education from 35 per cent among high school dropouts.

Yep. I didn't start until I graduated university.

[paisley]

I think the amount of people willing to admit they smoke the green has doubled

I used to lie on those quizzes in high school... I wasn't givin 'the man' nothin

[bokonon]

the only reason it doubled is because jared was only fifteen in 1994. he was only a wee little thing. now he smokes a whole lot more. ::

[CyberHippie]

I think it doubled because Hamilton has been back in the country for a year now.

[splifford]

smokings cool because it sucks. i've been doing it since i was a wee baby.

[hamilton]

I think it doubled because Hamilton has been back in the country for a year now.

Har-har-har... I was waiting for that one, just thought that it was gonna come from MarcO!!