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Re: What % of America under 30 smokes weed? [Re: skatealex2]
#15180142 - 10/05/11 07:08 AM (12 years, 3 months ago) |
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skatealex2 said: Take your pick.
I be blazing them L's everyday all day still gotta get shit done tho, LEGALIZE NOW, smoke! Smoke! SMOKE!
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Re: What % of America under 30 smokes weed? [Re: skatealex2]
#15180302 - 10/05/11 08:06 AM (12 years, 3 months ago) |
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openmind said: I say probably 10% to 20% smoke somewhat regularly. As in at least once every week or two.
Probably a decent guess.
IMO, marijuana smokers tend to grossly over-estimate the number of people that smoke. They tend to assume that everyone smokes pot because they do so themselves, and have social circles that consist largely of smokers.
Even NORML's (potentially biased) data estimate roughly 14 million (about 5%) use "regularly" (which often times means "past month").
The majority of smokers are probably under 30, but even doubling the prevelance gives you about 10%. So I'd guess that its safe to say the vast majority under 30 DON't smoke.
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Re: What % of America under 30 smokes weed? [Re: badchad]
#15180313 - 10/05/11 08:09 AM (12 years, 3 months ago) |
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regularly? as in more than once a month or so?
Still, less than 15% I'd say. Contrary to stoner beliefs, not everybody young smokes weed. However, if we split the question into east coast vs west coast it'd be a lot different.
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Re: What % of America under 30 smokes weed? [Re: The Ecstatic]
#15180631 - 10/05/11 10:06 AM (12 years, 3 months ago) |
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And if we changed the question to "have smoked once or more"... I'm sure we're talking 20-40% somewhere.
Also, openmind makes a good point about California.
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Re: What % of America under 30 smokes weed? [Re: ifoundwaldo]
#15180682 - 10/05/11 10:20 AM (12 years, 3 months ago) |
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Yeah, but can you really say someone that tried it one time "smokes weed"?
I'd say 10 percent...max. I think most of you just spend all your time with people you met through smoking.
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Re: What % of America under 30 smokes weed? [Re: blewmeanie]
#15180736 - 10/05/11 10:38 AM (12 years, 3 months ago) |
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Agreed. I pretty much only know other musicians and the numbers are well under 50-60 percent. If any group is going to have potheads, it'd be these people.
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Re: What % of America under 30 smokes weed? [Re: saxcidjazz]
#15181605 - 10/05/11 02:14 PM (12 years, 3 months ago) |
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Pretty much everyone I know smokes weed one way or another. Probably 1/3 friends parents secretly smoke a lot or a little.
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Re: What % of America under 30 smokes weed? [Re: blewmeanie]
#15181612 - 10/05/11 02:15 PM (12 years, 3 months ago) |
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blewmeanie said: Yeah, but can you really say someone that tried it one time "smokes weed"?
I'd say 10 percent...max. I think most of you just spend all your time with people you met through smoking.
That's why I qualified that we would be changing the question.
I agree. 10% max most likely.
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Re: What % of America under 30 smokes weed? [Re: ifoundwaldo]
#15181671 - 10/05/11 02:27 PM (12 years, 3 months ago) |
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Some of the biggest potheads I know are from the Midwest . I smoke every day 
Also I saw a study where they piss tested the sewer system of some west coast city and found that drug use (especially Rx ) was way higher then they thought would be
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Re: What % of America under 30 smokes weed? [Re: ifoundwaldo]
#15181725 - 10/05/11 02:37 PM (12 years, 3 months ago) |
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People saying 50-60%: just because all your friends are stoners and almost everyone on the shroomery smokes doesn't mean thats the majority of people. The 20-30 age group gets into the working age where you have to be able to pass drug tests so that knocks down potential smokers by a LOT. I would say 5% max. Maybe college age (18-22) it might spike up to like 10-15%. But high school (>18) and adult (22-30) has to be around 5% max.
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Re: What % of America under 30 smokes weed? [Re: Nova]
#15182045 - 10/05/11 03:52 PM (12 years, 3 months ago) |
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The correct answer is sour diezel hash oil
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Re: What % of America under 30 smokes weed? [Re: Connoisseur]
#15182061 - 10/05/11 03:58 PM (12 years, 3 months ago) |
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100% of this american smokes weed,
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Re: What % of America under 30 smokes weed? [Re: Apostle]
#15182074 - 10/05/11 04:01 PM (12 years, 3 months ago) |
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Id agree 10% max.
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Re: What % of America under 30 smokes weed? [Re: skatealex2]
#15182088 - 10/05/11 04:04 PM (12 years, 3 months ago) |
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I was going to vote f the government, but then I voted sour diesel.
however in my opinion 90%-100% of people under 30 smoke marijuana. I'd only think 90% because there are kidz out there that are probably too young to smoke it yet
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Re: What % of America under 30 smokes weed? [Re: imachavel]
#15182104 - 10/05/11 04:09 PM (12 years, 3 months ago) |
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Smoking weed on the regular, most likely low. Has smoked weed (90 %), or does every now and then, IMO easily over 50%
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Re: What % of America under 30 smokes weed? [Re: Sainktu]
#15182113 - 10/05/11 04:12 PM (12 years, 3 months ago) |
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On the daily, I wana say 20% max more likely 10%. Once a week I wana say more like 40%
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Re: What % of America under 30 smokes weed? [Re: withoutawire]
#15183205 - 10/05/11 07:38 PM (12 years, 3 months ago) |
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withoutawire said: ..Probably 1/3 friends parents secretly smoke a lot or a little.
And this, damn near every one of my friend's parents and a few of their grandparents smoke too, some of em' are rather open about it.
I know it just "seems" as if everyone smokes...Around here it's such a casual thing and not a big deal, every single one of my neighbors smoke and/or grow, damn near all of my friends smoke, most of their parents smoke and and even a few of their grandparents smoke. If you take a stroll through out my town in the evening when everyone is off work you are bound to see a few people smoking a J on their porch or front yard. Go down to the river, hiking, or anywhere there are people doing outdoor activities, you're going to run into people smoking.
I'm constantly around it and it's viewed in such a casual manner around here that it does seem like everyone smokes , but I'm still going with 10% (Give or take). I think around here more smokers come out of the wood work since the laws are a bit more lax and it's generally viewed as not a big deal, relatively .

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Re: What % of America under 30 smokes weed? [Re: Mycotopiotic]
#15183228 - 10/05/11 07:42 PM (12 years, 3 months ago) |
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openmind said: I say probably 10% to 20% smoke somewhat regularly. As in at least once every week or two.
That # is no doubt higher here in California, perhaps 35%-45% smoke on the regular . Really, I can't go down more than a block or two in this town with out smelling the aroma of fresh buds (grows) or someone toking up.

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I wish it was like that here, stupid east coast bullshit.
Maine is somewhat like that. Probably 40% smoke on the reg.
EDIT: Ehh... maybe more like 30 or so. As for someone that said High school has to be around 5%, that is definitely not true, at least for my old school. Last year, I know for a fact that at least half my school smoked.
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If it's under 30, that includes three year olds. If you average babies and kids in the entire under 30 percentage, <5% smoke weed
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Re: What % of America under 30 smokes weed? [Re: Nova]
#15183346 - 10/05/11 08:05 PM (12 years, 3 months ago) |
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Nova said: People saying 50-60%: just because all your friends are stoners and almost everyone on the shroomery smokes doesn't mean thats the majority of people. The 20-30 age group gets into the working age where you have to be able to pass drug tests so that knocks down potential smokers by a LOT. I would say 5% max. Maybe college age (18-22) it might spike up to like 10-15%. But high school (>18) and adult (22-30) has to be around 5% max.
I think college for me has always been 75%-80%, and of kids parents who I grew up with I could think of 10%-20% with people I know. I think it really comes down to who you know/circle of friends.
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