http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/04/ ... eport.html
I really like how about 99% of the "your view" comments are in favor of legalization.. more and more people have grown up around marijuana and know that the prohibition is illogical, purely ideological and only dinosaurs support it.
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While smoking and drinking are on the decline among Ontarians, pot smoking is on the rise, a new study indicates.
The report, published by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, finds that between 1977 and 2005, use of marijuana among adults almost doubled to 14 per cent from 8 per cent. The average age of pot smokers has also increased to 31 from 26.
The authors of the report stress that only 2 per cent of users are at a dangerous level; most smoke marijuana less than once a month.
Rates of cigarette smoking, on the other hand, are down, declining to 20 per cent of the population in 2005 from 28 per cent in 1996. Drinking and driving rates have also fallen, to 6 per cent in 2005 from 13 per cent in 1996.
Rates of binge drinking among young men and young adults in general haven't changed much, according to the study, with 10.4 per cent of the respondents, or 909,600 Ontarians, reporting the practice.
"Substance use, mainly tobacco and alcohol use, still costs Canada almost $9 billion in health-care costs alone each year," said Dr. Juergen Rehm, senior scientist at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, in a release.
I really like how about 99% of the "your view" comments are in favor of legalization.. more and more people have grown up around marijuana and know that the prohibition is illogical, purely ideological and only dinosaurs support it.
Text:
While smoking and drinking are on the decline among Ontarians, pot smoking is on the rise, a new study indicates.
The report, published by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, finds that between 1977 and 2005, use of marijuana among adults almost doubled to 14 per cent from 8 per cent. The average age of pot smokers has also increased to 31 from 26.
The authors of the report stress that only 2 per cent of users are at a dangerous level; most smoke marijuana less than once a month.
Rates of cigarette smoking, on the other hand, are down, declining to 20 per cent of the population in 2005 from 28 per cent in 1996. Drinking and driving rates have also fallen, to 6 per cent in 2005 from 13 per cent in 1996.
Rates of binge drinking among young men and young adults in general haven't changed much, according to the study, with 10.4 per cent of the respondents, or 909,600 Ontarians, reporting the practice.
"Substance use, mainly tobacco and alcohol use, still costs Canada almost $9 billion in health-care costs alone each year," said Dr. Juergen Rehm, senior scientist at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, in a release.
