Dr John Watson wrote:
> The toughest policies - the highest use. It would be hilarious if it
> wasn't so tragic.
>
>
Rigid government generates anarchy right in line with the esoteric
doctrines
of Discordian philosophy/
>
> United States Has Highest Level Of Illegal Cocaine And Cannabis Use
>
> ScienceDaily (July 1, 2008) — A survey of 17 countries has found that
> despite its punitive drug policies the United States has the highest
> levels of illegal cocaine and cannabis use. The study, by Louisa
> Degenhardt (University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia) and
> colleagues, is based on the World Health Organization's Composite
> International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI).
>
> The authors found that 16.2% of people in the United States had used
> cocaine in their lifetime, a level much higher than any other country
> surveyed (the second highest level of cocaine use was in New Zealand,
> where 4.3% of people re****ted having used cocaine). Cannabis use was
> highest in the US (42.4%), followed by New Zealand (41.9%).
>
Those numbers make no sense so he must be an unconscious Erisian.
> In the Americas, Europe, Japan, and New Zealand, alcohol had been used
by
> the vast majority of survey participants, compared to smaller
pro****tions
> in the Middle East, Africa, and China.
>
> The survey found differences in both legal and illegal drug use among
> different socioeconomic groups. For example, males were more likely than
> females to have used all drug types; younger adults were more likely
than
> older adults to have used all drugs examined; and higher income was
> related to drug use of all kinds. Marital status was found to be related
> to tobacco, cannabis, and cocaine use, but not alcohol use (the never
> married and previously married having higher odds of lifetime cocaine
and
> cannabis use than the currently married; tobacco use is more likely in
> people who have been previously married while less likely among the
never
> married).
>
> Drug use "does not appear to be simply related to drug policy," say the
> authors, "since countries with more stringent policies towards illegal
> drug use did not have lower levels of such drug use than countries with
> more liberal policies." In the Netherlands, for example, which has more
> liberal policies than the US, 1.9% of people re****ted cocaine use and
> 19.8% re****ted cannabis use.
>
Unable to grasp inverse relation****ps. How pitiful!
> Data on drug use were available from 54,068 survey participants in 17
> countries. The 17 countries were determined by the availability of
> research collaborators and on funding for the survey. Trained lay
> interviewers carried out face-to-face interviews (except in France where
> the interviews were done over the telephone) using a standardized,
> structured diagnostic interview for psychiatric conditions and drug use.
> Participants were asked if they had ever used alcohol, tobacco,
cannabis,
> or cocaine.
>
> The study's main limitations are that only 17 countries were surveyed,
> within these countries there were different rates of participation, and
it
> is unclear whether people accurately re****t their drug use when
> interviewed. Nevertheless, the findings present comprehensive data on
the
> patterns of drug use from national samples representing all regions of
the
> world.
>
> http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080630201007.htm
>
>
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