notverysalmonlike
07-13-2006, 08:21 AM
Over 30s use marijuana the most
Marijuana use is highest among those aged in their 30s, while teenagers are taking notice of advertising campaigns warning of the drug's harmful effects.
The statistics were used by the federal government's peak drug policy adviser to highlight the work still needed to be done in the government's so-called war on drugs.
"The interesting thing is that there are fewer young people smoking marijuana now," John Herron told Network Ten on Sunday.
"It's an older cohort.
"In fact, the main cohort is the 30 to 39-year-olds ... the dominant ones, who I think escaped that sort of era of being concerned about it."
Dr Herron, a former federal minister, said one of the problems was the availability of marijuana and the number of people who used it in association with other illicit substances.
"There's something like (a) 40 per cent overlap in the sense that not only are they on marijuana, they might be taking ecstasy or amphetamines, drinking alcohol as well, and all this is contributing to things like road deaths."
Source (http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Over-30s-use-marijuana-the-most-expert/2006/07/09/1152383602610.html)
Surprise? Not in my opinion. I figure this is all the people who were born before the mid-seventies and seeing as the sixties and seventies were all for the great ganj, it's not too much of a surprise to me. :D Glad to hear that this isn't just a thing for youth.
-Tom
Marijuana use is highest among those aged in their 30s, while teenagers are taking notice of advertising campaigns warning of the drug's harmful effects.
The statistics were used by the federal government's peak drug policy adviser to highlight the work still needed to be done in the government's so-called war on drugs.
"The interesting thing is that there are fewer young people smoking marijuana now," John Herron told Network Ten on Sunday.
"It's an older cohort.
"In fact, the main cohort is the 30 to 39-year-olds ... the dominant ones, who I think escaped that sort of era of being concerned about it."
Dr Herron, a former federal minister, said one of the problems was the availability of marijuana and the number of people who used it in association with other illicit substances.
"There's something like (a) 40 per cent overlap in the sense that not only are they on marijuana, they might be taking ecstasy or amphetamines, drinking alcohol as well, and all this is contributing to things like road deaths."
Source (http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Over-30s-use-marijuana-the-most-expert/2006/07/09/1152383602610.html)
Surprise? Not in my opinion. I figure this is all the people who were born before the mid-seventies and seeing as the sixties and seventies were all for the great ganj, it's not too much of a surprise to me. :D Glad to hear that this isn't just a thing for youth.
-Tom