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 Middle Class Relaxing With Marijuana
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Middle Class Relaxing With Marijuana
May 15, 2008 - Science Daily
A variety of middle-class people are making a conscious but careful choice to use marijuana to enhance their leisure activities, a University of Alberta study shows.
A qualitative study of 41 Canadians surveyed in 2005-06 by U of A researchers showed that there is no such thing as a 'typical' marijuana user, but that people of all ages are selectively lighting up the drug as a way to enhance activities ranging from watching television and playing sports to having sex, painting or writing.
"For some of the participants, marijuana enhanced their ability to relax by taking their minds off daily stresses and pressures. Others found it helpful in focusing on the activity at hand," said Geraint Osborne, a professor of sociology at the University of Alberta's Augustana Campus in Camrose, and one of the study's authors.
The focus was on adult users who were employed, ranging in age from 21 to 61, including 25 men and 16 women from Alberta, Quebec, Ontario and Newfoundland whose use of the drug ranged from daily to once or twice a year. They were predominantly middle class and worked in the retail and service industries, in communications, as white-collar employees, or as health-care and social workers. As well, 68 per cent of the users held post-secondary degrees, while another 11 survey participants had earned their high school diplomas.
The study also found that the participants considered themselves responsible users of the drug, defined by moderate use in an appropriate social setting and not allowing it to cause harm to others.
The findings should open the way for further scientific exploration into widespread use of marijuana, and government policies should move towards decriminalization and eventual legalization of the drug, the study recommends.
"The Canadian government has never provided a valid reason for the criminalization of marijuana," said Osborne. "This study indicates that people who use marijuana are no more a criminal threat to society than are alcohol and cigarette users. Legalization and government regulation of the drug would free up resources that could be devoted to tackling other crime, and could undermine organized crime networks that depend on marijuana, while generating taxes to fund drug education programs, which are more effective in reducing substance abuse," Osborne added.
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Re: Middle Class Relaxing With Marijuana [Re: veggie]
#8402603 - 05/14/08 09:04 PM |
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Objective, concise, and interesting article. Thumbs up.
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Re: Middle Class Relaxing With Marijuana [Re: astronaut]
#8402606 - 05/14/08 09:05 PM |
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its funny that the sample size is 41
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Re: Middle Class Relaxing With Marijuana [Re: Coaster]
#8402714 - 05/14/08 09:28 PM |
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Coaster said:
its funny that the sample size is 41
yea it so should have been 420.
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Re: Middle Class Relaxing With Marijuana [Re: THEBats]
#8403168 - 05/14/08 10:47 PM |
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The world is like a ride at an amusement park and when you choose to go on it you think it's real, because that's how powerful our minds are. And the ride goes up and down and round and round and it has thrills and chills and it's very brightly colored and it's very loud. And it's fun for a while Some people have been on the ride for a long time and they begin to question: Is this real? Or is this just a ride? And other people have remembered and they come back to us and they say Hey! Don't worry don't be afraid ever because this is just a ride. And we kill those people.Shut him up! We have a lot invested in this ride! Look at my furrows of worry look at my big bank account and my family. This has to be real.
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Stoned sex is the shit. And considering that i don't smoke cigs, there's nothing like relaxing in the afterglow with a joint or a blunt and your lady to share it with. :P
God i love stoner bitches.
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