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U.S. Ranks #1 in Consumption of Pot, Cocaine, Cigarettes

RolandTD20KdrummerRolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
edited July 2008 in A Moving Train
http://www.alternet.org/drugreporter/92434/u.s._ranks_%231_in_consumption_of_pot%2C_cocaine%2C_smokes/
Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
over specific principles, goals, and policies.

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  • NevermindNevermind Posts: 1,006
    Add alcohol and you have one hell of a buzz.
  • chopitdownchopitdown Posts: 2,222
    that's a bit misleading...we lead in the percentage of people who have ever used those drugs, not those currently using...i don't know those stats.
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  • Drowned OutDrowned Out Posts: 6,056
    WTF!?!?!?!?
    Canada better get it's shit together ;)
  • DriftingByTheStormDriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
    WE'RE #1. WE'RE NUMBER ONE.

    DEATH TO AMERICA! YES YES YES! DEATH TO FREEDOM! DEATH TO AMERICA. YES YES YES! DEATH TO FREEDOM!
    If I was to smile and I held out my hand
    If I opened it now would you not understand?
  • RolandTD20KdrummerRolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    Being from Canada....

    I feel like I'm just not trying hard enough.
    Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
    and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
    over specific principles, goals, and policies.

    http://i36.tinypic.com/66j31x.jpg

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  • TDMize15TDMize15 Posts: 166
    By damn! At least we're doing something right.

    Kind of almost makes me tear up I'm so proud.
    All the rusted signs, we ignore throughout our lives, choosing the shiny ones instead...

    And he who forgets, will be destined to remember...
  • Drowned OutDrowned Out Posts: 6,056
    You think the immigration issues on the Southern border are bad, wait till word of this gets around up here!
  • gabersgabers Posts: 2,787
    Usa

    Usa

    Usa

    :)
  • KeiranKeiran Posts: 393
    No wonder the rest of the world wants to come here!
    This explains our immigration problem. :)
    I wish a guy like Eddie, would like me.
  • Vedder316Vedder316 Posts: 205
    DriftingByTheStorm wrote:
    WE'RE #1. WE'RE NUMBER ONE.

    DEATH TO AMERICA! YES YES YES! DEATH TO FREEDOM! DEATH TO AMERICA. YES YES YES! DEATH TO FREEDOM!


    LOL thanks for the laugh man
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  • rocketmanrocketman Posts: 68
    RolandTD20Kdrummer wrote:
    http://www.alternet.org/drugreporter/92434/u.s._ranks_%231_in_consumption_of_pot%2C_cocaine%2C_smokes/
    What about porn? We gotta be at least #2 on that list behind the Germans.
  • BinFrogBinFrog MA Posts: 7,309
    This just in: duh.
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  • my2handsmy2hands Posts: 17,117
    RolandTD20Kdrummer wrote:
    http://www.alternet.org/drugreporter/92434/u.s._ranks_%231_in_consumption_of_pot%2C_cocaine%2C_smokes/


    how about Canada?

    you have a fixation with America dude and you're from friggin Canada? is it that boring up there? dont you have local Canadian issues you could be helping out with? i dont mind you being interested in our politics and voicing your opinions, but dont you have any interest in your own country and it's politics? what are you DOING to help your local community and country?
  • NMyTreeNMyTree Posts: 2,374
    I'm too busy for any of those things.

    I really need a vacation so I can help maintain this country's dominance in pot, cocaine and beer.


    chopitdown wrote:
    that's a bit misleading...we lead in the percentage of people who have ever used those drugs, not those currently using...i don't know those stats.


    Yeah, but that kind of takes the fun out of this thread:D
  • LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSunLikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun Posts: 6,097
    i thought we all agreed to stop smoking cigarettes?

    but i think we need to make a strong push to get our alcohol consumption up.



    edit: oh its percentage of people who've ever tried that stuff.
  • RolandTD20KdrummerRolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    my2hands wrote:
    how about Canada?

    you have a fixation with America dude and you're from friggin Canada? is it that boring up there? dont you have local Canadian issues you could be helping out with? i dont mind you being interested in our politics and voicing your opinions, but dont you have any interest in your own country and it's politics? what are you DOING to help your local community and country?

    I picked up this vibe from you in another thread....I had a feeling it was coming. The "problem" so to speak is not emanating from my country.

    Which is also why I talk a fair bit about Israel and Palestine....if you haven't noticed.

    If only more Us citizens did the same...sigh...

    If my Country was instigating the framework for world war III...you can bet the balance of my interest would shift dramatically.

    sour grapes...
    Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
    and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
    over specific principles, goals, and policies.

    http://i36.tinypic.com/66j31x.jpg

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  • Kel VarnsenKel Varnsen Posts: 1,952
    This ranking is especially impressive since both Cocaine and smokes supress your appetite so that you eat less, yet the US is also a world leader in obesity.
  • NMyTreeNMyTree Posts: 2,374
    Kel Varnsen wrote:
    This ranking is especially impressive since both Cocaine and smokes supress your appetite so that you eat less, yet the US is also a world leader in obesity.

    We're a diverse people, and we multi-task:D
  • rocketmanrocketman Posts: 68
    RolandTD20Kdrummer wrote:
    I picked up this vibe from you in another thread....I had a feeling it was coming. The "problem" so to speak is not emanating from my country.

    Which is also why I talk a fair bit about Israel and Palestine....if you haven't noticed.

    If only more Us citizens did the same...sigh...

    If my Country was instigating the framework for world war III...you can bet the balance of my interest would shift dramatically.

    sour grapes...

    Oh that explains it. The Country that never had to spend a dime on its own National Security because it got a free ride for 60 years from its neighbor to the South?? Oh how easy it is to cast stones from the great white north. Seriously, maybe you ought to worry about all the Eskimos your country is staring and oppressing and stop worrying about the poor little suicide bombing Palestinians.
  • eyedclaareyedclaar Posts: 6,980
    rocketman wrote:
    Oh that explains it. The Country that never had to spend a dime on its own National Security because it got a free ride for 60 years from its neighbor to the South?? Oh how easy it is to cast stones from the great white north. Seriously, maybe you ought to worry about all the Eskimos your country is staring and oppressing and stop worrying about the poor little suicide bombing Palestinians.


    I apologize on behalf of this American. Clearly, he should be taking more drugs like the rest of us.
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  • RolandTD20KdrummerRolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    rocketman wrote:
    Oh that explains it. The Country that never had to spend a dime on its own National Security because it got a free ride for 60 years from its neighbor to the South?? Oh how easy it is to cast stones from the great white north. Seriously, maybe you ought to worry about all the Eskimos your country is staring and oppressing and stop worrying about the poor little suicide bombing Palestinians.

    Eskimos.....yeah they catch fish, and smile at you most of the time. Really scary people...

    It's people that think like you that are worrying to me.

    I'm not a big fan of black rain from nuclear fallout.

    Thanks for the big macs though (it's almost worth getting the case of the shits they give you after eating them). ;)
    Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
    and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
    over specific principles, goals, and policies.

    http://i36.tinypic.com/66j31x.jpg

    (\__/)
    ( o.O)
    (")_(")
  • Drowned OutDrowned Out Posts: 6,056
    my2hands wrote:
    how about Canada?

    you have a fixation with America dude and you're from friggin Canada? is it that boring up there? dont you have local Canadian issues you could be helping out with? i dont mind you being interested in our politics and voicing your opinions, but dont you have any interest in your own country and it's politics? what are you DOING to help your local community and country?
    Opposing the drug war in Canada is near futile. The US pressures our government to put an end to any drug law reform, and the threat of strained trade relations and a lighter wallet is enough to make most voters not care if our drug laws are flawed....also, a good portion of those voters are brainwashed by the American anti (non pharmaceutical)drug propaganda machine.
    The obvious point that you're missing is that the US walks around with a big fucking stick ($$$), threatening anyone who doesn't play by their rules. And this study shows that those rules, if anything, only make things worse.
  • Drowned OutDrowned Out Posts: 6,056
    rocketman wrote:
    Oh that explains it. The Country that never had to spend a dime on its own National Security because it got a free ride for 60 years from its neighbor to the South?? Oh how easy it is to cast stones from the great white north. Seriously, maybe you ought to worry about all the Eskimos your country is staring and oppressing and stop worrying about the poor little suicide bombing Palestinians.
    I'm not touching the eskimo comments...
    But Ive heard this 'free ride' bullshit so many times (usually from Canadians supportive of US foreign policy)....

    Exactly why do you feel that Canada needs a big national security budget? Ya, we are under constant threat of invasion :rolleyes:
    Or do we need a huge military to fight TERROR? the only (recent) terrorist threats against Canada came because we followed our allies to war.

    Or... do you want us to spend all that money to stop TERROR from coming to destroy America via Canada? The US can secure it's own borders if it wants to...

    Also....even if we DID have some BS reason to have a huge military, we simply couldn't afford one. Our entire middle class would have to give up ALL of our income to finance a military of US proportion. Our population is like 40 mil....look the size of our coast and border. It's not feasible, nor is it logical. I don't think we owe you any favours, unless you count dragging us into Afghanistan a favour. It's always been in the US's best interests to have peaceful neighbours, everyone knows that. The security-by-proximity you think of as a 'free ride' for us is a natural by-product of sitting atop a powder keg.
  • SnakeSnake Posts: 2,605
    ANYWAY, speaking of Canadia, Isnt marijuana legal there? Somebody told me that, im not sure if he was right or not, and I would much rather hear it from a Canadian than from wikipedia.
    Pirates had democracy too.

    "Its a secret to everybody."
  • RolandTD20KdrummerRolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    Snake wrote:
    ANYWAY, speaking of Canadia, Isnt marijuana legal there? Somebody told me that, im not sure if he was right or not, and I would much rather hear it from a Canadian than from wikipedia.


    If the US wasn't so uptight about it, it probably would be by now, or thereabouts ;)
    Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
    and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
    over specific principles, goals, and policies.

    http://i36.tinypic.com/66j31x.jpg

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    ( o.O)
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  • SnakeSnake Posts: 2,605
    RolandTD20Kdrummer wrote:
    If the US wasn't so uptight about it, it probably would be by now, or thereabouts ;)
    So its not? Man it should be legal, its just a plant, its never killed anybody. And yet the US government passes drugs that kill people all the time.
    Pirates had democracy too.

    "Its a secret to everybody."
  • RolandTD20KdrummerRolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    All I know is it's a sad day when someone points a finger at an Eskimo in Canada as a reason to escape responsibility for it's murderous and illegal foreign policy.

    good lord...
    Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
    and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
    over specific principles, goals, and policies.

    http://i36.tinypic.com/66j31x.jpg

    (\__/)
    ( o.O)
    (")_(")
  • RolandTD20KdrummerRolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    Snake wrote:
    So its not? Man it should be legal, its just a plant, its never killed anybody. And yet the US government passes drugs that kill people all the time.


    Nopes. It seems every time the possession laws loosen up, the US politicians get cranky and it tightens up again.
    Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
    and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
    over specific principles, goals, and policies.

    http://i36.tinypic.com/66j31x.jpg

    (\__/)
    ( o.O)
    (")_(")
  • Drowned OutDrowned Out Posts: 6,056
    Snake wrote:
    ANYWAY, speaking of Canadia, Isnt marijuana legal there? Somebody told me that, im not sure if he was right or not, and I would much rather hear it from a Canadian than from wikipedia.
    It was a bullshit bill, full of appeasement's that made no sense (lighter possession penalties, harsher growing penalties)...it never passed. Then the Conservatives ( :D ) caved completely and declared it dead....even tho our own Canadian Senate Special Committee on Illegal Drugs recommended otherwise, and the public supports decrim and medicinal MJ.
    anyway...
  • Drowned OutDrowned Out Posts: 6,056
    RolandTD20Kdrummer wrote:
    All I know is it's a sad day when someone points a finger at an Eskimo in Canada as a reason to escape responsibility for it's murderous and illegal foreign policy.

    good lord...

    :D

    hehe...I thought 'Eskimo' was given it's PC banishment long ago?...the thought of us 'staring eskimo's' reminds me of our practice of setting our seniors adrift on ice flows to die (ala Talking To Americans).
    (Not to belittle our native issues, or course...)
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