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Eug · Jul 9, 2007, 12:21 PM

Canada leads the world's industrialized nations in marijuana use

According to the 2007 World Drug Report by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, Canada has the dubious honour of leading the industrialized world in marijuana use, at least when calculated as a percentage of population.

According to the UN report, which is a staple of police forces around the world, 16.8 per cent of Canadians between the ages of 15 and 64 smoked pot or ingested one of its derivatives last year.

That's well above the world average of 3.8 per cent for the same demographic and ahead of almost every other country in the world save for Ghana (21.5 per cent of the population), Zambia (17.7 per cent) and the tiny island-states of Papua New Guinea and Micronesia (29 per cent each).

Hey, I'm not surprised. Lots and lots of pot coming out of the Okanagan Valley. Interestingly though, the US and Mexico both produce signficantly more pot than Canada, but then again, they have much higher populations. All together, North America produces 1/3rd of the world's supply.

Dakarʒ · Jul 9, 2007, 12:21 PM

I thought they'd come in high on this list.

You may now club me to death.

Eug · Jul 9, 2007, 12:23 PM

Originally Posted by Dakarʒ

You may now club me to death.

Nah. I think I'll go for a burger instead.

Too bad there's no White Castle around here.

Rumor · Jul 9, 2007, 01:31 PM

That would explain why Canada is so peaceful. Damn hippies.

peeb · Jul 9, 2007, 02:14 PM

Why is it a dubious honour?

BRussell · Jul 9, 2007, 02:15 PM

I'd want to get high every day if I lived in Canada too. (jk)

TETENAL · Jul 9, 2007, 02:26 PM

Originally Posted by peeb

Why is it a dubious honour?

Because marijuana is a psychoactive drug, and god said that you should not change your mind/mood artificially.

peeb · Jul 9, 2007, 02:30 PM

Dude. God said "Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed" (KJV) Gen 1:29. Thou shalt smoke up!

Dakarʒ · Jul 9, 2007, 02:34 PM

Originally Posted by TETENAL

change your mind/mood artificially.

Thankfully it's all natural, baby!

Spliffdaddy · Jul 9, 2007, 02:36 PM

After I stopped smoking weed last year it caused the US to drop out of the #1 spot and Canada moved ahead.

lpkmckenna · Jul 9, 2007, 03:04 PM

Originally Posted by TETENAL

Because marijuana is a psychoactive drug, and god said that you should not change your mind/mood artificially.

Well fnck, I guess I gotta end my Effexor regime too.

Eug · Jul 9, 2007, 03:58 PM

Originally Posted by lpkmckenna

Well fnck, I guess I gotta end my Effexor regime too.

Too much information.

Jawbone54 · Jul 9, 2007, 04:53 PM

When I read the thread title, I expected to come in and say, "HAAAAA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!"

Then I read the post and said, "Well, ya know...that actually makes sense!"

Jawbone54 · Jul 9, 2007, 04:54 PM

Originally Posted by Spliffdaddy

After I stopped smoking weed last year it caused the US to drop out of the #1 spot and Canada moved ahead.

If you were a true patriot, you wouldn't have stopped.
J/K I commend you.

Powerbook · Jul 9, 2007, 05:01 PM

What about Pola... err I mean The Netherlands?

That shyt is legal over there, you know...

PB.

peeb · Jul 9, 2007, 05:47 PM

Yeah, it's legal, but it ain't 100% legal. I mean, you can't just walk into a...restaurant, roll a joint, and start puffing away. I mean, they want you to smoke it in your home or certain designated places.

Chuckit · Jul 9, 2007, 05:49 PM

Originally Posted by peeb

Yeah, it's legal, but it ain't 100% legal. I mean, you can't just walk into a...restaurant, roll a joint, and start puffing away. I mean, they want you to smoke it in your home or certain designated places.

That's still more than Canada, no?

sek929 · 06:19 PM

That's straight from Pulp Fiction.

peeb · Jul 9, 2007, 06:13 PM

Originally Posted by sek929

That's strait from Pulp Fiction.

Disco!

Kerrigan · Jul 9, 2007, 07:31 PM

Hmm...

Kevin · Jul 10, 2007, 07:11 AM

Originally Posted by peeb

Why is it a dubious honour?

BOOOOOOOOOO!!! That was bad. But It was better than Dakar's.

Kevin · Jul 10, 2007, 07:17 AM

Originally Posted by peeb

Dude. God said "Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed" (KJV) Gen 1:29. Thou shalt smoke up!

Indeed. Though he also said the body was a temple.. we should watch what goes in it.

I think all things had it's purpose. Remember, the bible never said to not drink wine. But to not drink SO MUCH that you get "drunkard"

For example. Someone who smokes pot once in awhile if they have stomach aliments. VS. Someone who smokes up multiple times a day just to get high.

You can say the same about opiates. There are times in my life when I felt opiates were a "godsend" and times I felt that they were the evilest thing in the world.

The latter was because I choose to make them that way.

Abusing anything is bad. And they are just tokens for the real thing.

That said, people are going to do what they can to get by in life. Regardless of laws, or right or wrong. It's our own choices that dictate our life.

Dakarʒ · Jul 10, 2007, 09:28 AM

Originally Posted by Kevin

BOOOOOOOOOO!!! That was bad. But It was better than Dakar's.

I'm wounded very deeply.

Kevin · Jul 10, 2007, 09:37 AM

Oh I am sure you'll make up for it.

I have confidence in you.

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For example

Dakarʒ · Jul 10, 2007, 09:42 AM

Kindness? Now you're just trying to confuse me.

Kevin · Jul 10, 2007, 10:46 AM

You say that as if I weren't nice.

Dakarʒ · Jul 10, 2007, 10:49 AM

I'll recuse myself on that comment.

Kevin · Jul 11, 2007, 05:47 PM

Can you give yourself CPR?

Dakarʒ · Jul 11, 2007, 05:51 PM

...I don't get it.

Kevin · Jul 11, 2007, 06:19 PM

I was making a bad joke on the misuse of a word you used. But n/m

They all can't be winners.

Rumor · Jul 11, 2007, 06:40 PM

According to Mr. Rogers, they can.

Jawbone54 · Jul 11, 2007, 06:53 PM

Mr. Rogers was also a man-killer.
Okay, so he was a Navy SEAL, which is extremely cool. But still...

Rumor · Jul 11, 2007, 06:58 PM

If you are refering to him being in Special Forces or whatever it was, that information is incorrect.

analogue SPRINKLES · Jul 11, 2007, 07:00 PM

Canada is fun.

It is one big party and if you hurt yourself partying the government pays for it. Plus if you are lucky they even give you more pot to make you better.

Spliffdaddy · Jul 11, 2007, 07:47 PM

I've had enough, Somebody FedEx me some reefer. I promise to put it to good use. My country means too much to me to let Canada pass it by.
I've already smoked more weed than Snoop Dogg ever will in his lifetime. If it was harmful I wouldn't still be here.

Dakarʒ · Jul 11, 2007, 08:04 PM

Originally Posted by Kevin

I was making a bad joke on the misuse of a word you used. But n/m

I figure the key was CPR, but recuse isn't resuscitate, so I figured I was waaaaaaay off.

Originally Posted by Kevin

They all can't be winners.

Yes, you dutifully pointed that out to me earlier.

design219 · Jul 11, 2007, 10:07 PM

Maybe the lower gravity in Canada has something to do with this.

Reduced gravity in Canada

Eug · Jul 11, 2007, 11:45 PM

Originally Posted by design219

Maybe the lower gravity in Canada has something to do with this.

Reduced gravity in Canada

Yes, it's easier to get higher in Canuckistan.