Since the article says NORTHWEST Iowa, it is obvious you have the reading skills of a typical Hawk. ;-)Go Cyclones!
Posted on 06/16/2005 5:33:59 PM PDT by TFFKAMM
Both college towns, Boston and Boulder, Colo., share another distinction: They lead the nation in marijuana use. Northwestern Iowa and southern Texas have the lowest use. For the first time, the government looked at the use of drugs, cigarettes, alcohol and various other substances, legal as well as illegal, by region rather than by state for a report Thursday.
Regions could be as specific as Riverside, Calif., or as broad as all of the state of New York (minus New York City). Federal officials say the information will help states decide where they should spend money for treatment and prevention programs.
For marijuana, 5.1 percent of people around the country reported using marijuana in the previous 30 days. In Boston, the home of Boston University, Boston College, Northeastern and several other colleges, 12.2 percent reported using marijuana in the previous 30 days.
In Boulder County, the home of the University of Colorado, 10.3 percent reported using marijuana during the same time period.
John Auerbach, executive director of the public health commission for the city of Boston, said the survey might not reflect current marijuana use in Boston because the data came from 1999-2001 national surveys.
"All that said, we're not surprised that substance abuse is a serious issue in the Boston area," Auerbach said. "The mayor and the health department have made the issue of substance abuse a top public health priority."
Auerbach also acknowledged that the data may reflect the city's significant 20-something population.
"College students in general have a more relaxed attitude about marijuana than other age groups. But in general, I don't think Boston has a markedly differently perspective on marijuana than other parts of the country."
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It was because of the Red Sox. Now that they've won the World Series, I'm sure the usage is way down...
"Personally, what I'd do is totally decriminalize the stuff for adult use so long as users grew their own. Any sale or transfer of pot would be a felony pop. This way, you allow sick folks or casual stoners to use cannabis privately, while keeping drug dealing illegal."
I've heard this argument but my question is, how do you get the stuff to grow? Is there a huge government pot barn?
I'd rather just legalize it all, go back to the walk-up pharmacy selling whatever it wants to whoever wants it. Government 'promoting' health and safety through regulation has had nothing but crappy results.
They wish.
Funny....... they didn't mention Harvard.
Greetings from completely crimson Northern California!
Thanks for the map! Always like a visual with such things...
Boulder. *LOL* No surprise.
When I was at U of Iowa, you could score between classes.
I'm not surprised, what with the endless streams of underwater basketweaving majors.
I thought Boulder a very nice area when passing through several years ago, although even back then it had a "party town" reputation among us college kids. We had stopped for lunch at The Salad Co. (such fresh, tasty stuff--I miss that place)..
Do you mean how do you get the seeds? That would be pretty easy from existing stock, so to speak. Once you have them, you're good to go. They call it weed for a reason - the stuff will grow just about anywhere...
Since the article says NORTHWEST Iowa, it is obvious you have the reading skills of a typical Hawk. ;-)Go Cyclones!
Iowa State ? Is that a 4 year program ?
Why? Should dealing the drugs alcohol and tobacco also be illegal?
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