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Pot smoking rampant amongst IT workers and teachers.
The BBC ^
Posted on 08/01/2002 4:44:17 PM PDT by lilburne
A survey about cannabis use has found that people who work in the technology industry are the most likely to have tried the drug.
The results reveal that almost a third of those who admitted they had tried cannabis worked in the technology and telecommunications industries.
Overall the survey found that 72% of those questioned admitted that they had tried the drug at one time or another.
Apparently 92% of IT workers admitted to pot smoking and 79% of those working in finance. Is it any wonder that commonsense seems to have flown out the window at WorldCom and Time-Warner?
However, the most frequent users were teachers of whom 22% questioned admitted to taking pot on a daily basis.
Whilst being a British survey I wonder if there is a similar correlation here. You'ld think so the way some school boards behave.
Churchill once said:
The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.
If the smartest have now turned to drugs perhaps John Walters is right to question their right to vote!
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: drugs; education; it
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posted on
08/01/2002 4:44:17 PM PDT
by
lilburne
To: lilburne
and six months from now an addendum will say that
the IT industry eats fast food too. This is so foolish
To: cactusSharp
The results reveal that almost a third of those who admitted they had tried cannabis worked in the technology and telecommunications industries.
Well this explains why none of my computer programs work like they should!
To: cactusSharp
Hey, there ARE perks to being an engineer... ;0)
To: lilburne
"had tried the drug at one time or another." I wonder how many presidents, past and present, who came of age during or after the 60's have tried marijuana "at one time or another". How about cocaine?
To: lilburne
Apparently 92% of IT workers admitted to pot smoking and 79% of those working in finance. Is it any wonder that commonsense seems to have flown out the window at WorldCom and Time-Warner? 1 posted on 8/1/02 4:44 PM Pacific by lilburne
"There are 100,000 total marijuana smokers in the US, and most are Negroes, Hispanics, Filipinos and entertainers. Their Satanic music, jazz and swing, result from marijuana usage. This marijuana causes white women to seek sexual relations with Negroes, entertainers and any others."
Harry J. Anslinger, testimony to Congress, 1937
To: lilburne
Is it any wonder that commonsense seems to have flown out the window at WorldCom and Time-Warner?Uh, those weren't IT people that did the books. Those were lawyers and accountants.
To: lilburne
Next thing, you'll tell me it is rampant among art students.
To: lilburne
As a former computer science/engineering student, I can attest to the fact that one must be "high as a kite" in order to make heads or tails of some of those 'logic' circuits and Java/C++ program assignments...
To: lilburne
To: lilburne
Big deal- many of these same people might consume alcohol on a daily basis. As long as they do their jobs, who cares what they do in their off hours?
To: Future Snake Eater
As a former
computer science/engineering student, I can attest to the fact that one must be "high as a kite" in order to make heads or tails of some of those 'logic' circuits and Java/C++ program assignments... As a graduate computer science/engineering student (MSEE/CS), I can attest to the fact that some do not need to be "high as a kite" in order to make heads or tails of some of those 'logic' circuits
and Java/C++ program assignments... Include APL and LISP and I'll agree with you.
I was floored, years post-graduation, to run into the dorm's stoner (I rarely saw him straight) and learn that he'd gone from liberal arts to being a programmer at Intel.
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posted on
08/01/2002 5:12:59 PM PDT
by
Eala
To: lilburne
apparently 92% of IT workers admitted to pot smoking
that seems awfully high ... (ahem) ... been in I/T 18 years ... never have even tried the stuff ... and neither did a lot of my coworkers, I'm pretty sure ... was the poll conducted only at Berkeley?
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posted on
08/01/2002 5:20:12 PM PDT
by
Bobby777
To: Britton J Wingfield
You missed that 79% of those working in finance admited to smoking dope too. A double whammy communications and fininace both high.
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posted on
08/01/2002 5:21:05 PM PDT
by
lilburne
To: lilburne
Whilst being a British survey I wonder if there is a similar correlation here. probably
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posted on
08/01/2002 5:21:56 PM PDT
by
genew
To: lilburne
Well, that explains Microsoft products.
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posted on
08/01/2002 5:24:47 PM PDT
by
Junior
To: lilburne
Maybe that explains Windoze. LOL
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posted on
08/01/2002 5:25:16 PM PDT
by
steve-b
To: lilburne
The headline on the article is: The weed and the web. This article only says that 92% have tried it. Not that they currently smoke it now. If teachers are highest (pun intended) at 22% daily use, then IT must be below that. Hardly rampant in my book. And you forgot the pic, silly.
To: Lunatic Fringe
No one cares what you get up to on your off hours but the affects of cannabis can
last more than 24 hours. Unless imbibed during the weekend that takes the drug abuse into the office, classroom, and boardroom.
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posted on
08/01/2002 5:44:36 PM PDT
by
lilburne
To: lilburne
NO!
Welcome to the human race.
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