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- From: civl097@csc.canterbury.ac.nz
- Subject: Re: Potheads of the 70's Raising Kids
- Message-ID: <1993Jan23.213357.1@csc.canterbury.ac.nz>
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- Organization: University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
- References: <1993Jan15.152217.2804@cbnewsd.cb.att.com> <elambert.727118683@qualcom> <22JAN199314235643@lims02.lerc.nasa.gov>
- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 08:33:57 GMT
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- In article <22JAN199314235643@lims02.lerc.nasa.gov>, prmader@lims02.lerc.nasa.gov (MICHELLE MADER) writes:
- > In article <1993Jan20.150555.1@csc.canterbury.ac.nz>, civl097@csc.canterbury.ac.nz writes...
- >>>> >> >Currently schools are teaching that ALL drug use is bad and that alcohol
- >>>> >> >is a drug hence social drinking parents do the dance. How do we deal
- >>>> >> >with the fact that in many cases recreational use of some drugs isnt all
- >>>> > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- >>>> >> >that bad either?
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- >>It could be beneficial in fact. See this study from the "National Bureau of
- >>Economic Research.
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- >>From the "New Internationalist" December 1992
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- >> Drug Users defy Stereotype
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- >>a long-term study conducted by the National Bureau of Economic Research in
- >>New York. The drug-use habits of 5000 young adults were compared across the
- >>US. The survey was first done in 1984 and repeated in 1989 to the same group
- >>of people, with an average age of 24 and then 27. It shows drug users do not
- >>drop out of the workforce quicker than drug-free employees. In fact they are
- >>often the most inquisitive and talented people at the workplace.
- >> (from the Pacific News Service,August 1992
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- > This sounds like the most incredible bull to me. First of all, most
- > drug use is illegal and you are going to have a hard time finding
- > people who will tell you the truth about theirs, especially at work.
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- This is a major problem with any study of illicit drug use. If drug use
- is underestimated because of the reticence of people to tell the truth
- then this makes the conclusion of the research cited above even stronger.
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- > I am acquainted with many people in their 30's & 40's who use pot.
- > They have little or no drive and initiative.
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- I am acquainted with quite few people in their 30's 40's 50's who use pot.
- They are very successful and have exceptional drive and initiative, though
- all tend to be a bit flamboyant.
- This does not a study make, and neither does your experience.
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- My feeling is that the pot doesn't cause any of these things - it may be used
- by those with no drive or initiative, as a quick way of getting a purpose,
- or by those with lots of initiative, to satisfy their curiosity or whatever.
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- Brandon Hutchison,University of Canterbury,Christchurch
- New Zealand
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