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Phyxius

I don't know where this belongs, but I wanted to post it. It was in norml's latest ezine but I cant find a copy anywhere else on the web:

Cannabis Users Likely To Be Well Educated, Top Wage Earners,Survey Says

Ottawa, Ontario: Lifetime cannabis users are likely to be single, well educated, and earning an above average salary, according to a recent survey of 13,900 Canadians conducted by Health Canada and the Canadian Executive Council on Addictions. Approximately 45 percent of the Canadian population over age 15 reported having used cannabis during their lifetime - up from 23 percent in 1989, the survey reported. Lifetime cannabis use increased with education and income. Among those with some post-secondary education, 52 percent reported having used cannabis. By comparison, among those without a high school degree, only 35 percent reported having tried cannabis. In addition, 55 percent of those respondents with a "high income adequacy" said they had used cannabis, as opposed to only 43 percent of those with a "low income adequacy." Among those who reported consuming cannabis, most said that they used it infrequently and did not "experience[e] serious harm due to their cannabis use."

For more information, please contact either Allen St. Pierre or Paul Armentano of NORML at (202) 483-5500. Full text of the survey is available from the Canadian Executive Council on Addictions website at:
http://www.ccsa.ca/pdf/ccsa-004028-2005.pdf

 

Cassius

Heck yeah! Now this is one stereotype I'd love to see propagated!

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yuri420

I'd like to argue on my own personal experiences....weed made me realise what a shallow job being a lawyer would be, and taught me not to work solely for money, so yeh i guess im not going to have a great income in the future because i do not want one. i could if i wanted, i was doing extremely well in law at uni.

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Floatin

Yea, except it never will be. Poeple just picture zoned out stupid ass hippies. **** AMERICA

vladimir

i think that, more than anything, this just shows that success depends on the person, not whether or not they smoke pot. there are quite a few people who smoke a lot and are complete failures, and others always blame pot, but its really that person's fault.

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Vicki

People are born with the genetics to become a very intelligent human being. With the right motivation, these people become very productive members of our society, and a lot ARE paid very well. Some are just paid "ok," but they aren't poor. My point is that statement pertains to every human born. A percentage of those humans will try marijuana. Some will not. A good portion of the ones that do, are those intelligent, productive, and upstanding people in their communites. They have homes in nice neighborhoods. Families, careers... Some are homemakers, some could be your next door neighbor. You just never know.

vladimir, you are absolutely correct when you speak of the people who smoke a lot and are complete failures. They make the responsible marijuana smokers look bad, thus, the responsible marijuana smokers are mainly "closet smokers" if you will excuse the term. Not meaning literally smoking in a closet, but so private about it that a person you know quite well smokes marijuana, and you never even know it.

cb007sax

I wouldn't use this to say Marijuana smokers earn more money. The poll could have been extremely biased. It's kind of a cool fact, but I don't think it can hold water.

Mamabudz

biased by ...what???

We old geezers have to support the farmers growing the good stuff...we better know enough to hold a well paying job

Phyxius

At the very least, this shows that smoking weed does not always result in shattered lives and broken families, like all the anti-drug propaganda tries to show. It's more than possible - very likely, actually, to smoke weed your entire life and still have a healthy productive life.

Mamabudz

my goodness...I'm a role model...

Someday I might be able to put this on my resume!

...have a cookie

Mama Budz