Cannabis Users Likely To Be Well Educated, Top Wage Earners, Survey says

**MrMelon** · 22nd April 2005, 13:29

Ottawa, Ontario:
Lifetime cannabis users are likely to be single, well educated, and earning an above average salary, according to a recent survey of 13,900 Canadians conducted by Health Canada and the Canadian Executive Council on Addictions.

Approximately 45 percent of the Canadian population over age 15 reported having used cannabis during their lifetime - up from 23 percent in 1989, the survey reported. Lifetime cannabis use increased with education and income. Among those with some post-secondary education, 52 percent reported having used cannabis. By comparison, among those without a high school degree, only 35 percent reported having tried cannabis. In
addition, 55 percent of those respondents with a "high income adequacy" said they had used cannabis, as opposed to only 43 percent of those with a "low income adequacy."

Among those who reported consuming cannabis, most said that they used it infrequently and did not "experience[e] serious harm due to their cannabis use."

Full text of the survey is available from the Canadian Executive Council on Addictions website at:
http://www.ccsa.ca/pdf/ccsa-004028-2005.pdf

AND

Heavy Cannabis Use Not Associated With Cognitive Deficits,
Study Says

Belmont, MA:

Heavy, long-term use of cannabis appears to have a negligible impact on cognition and memory, according to clinical trial
data published in the current issue of the American Journal of Addictions.

Researchers at Harvard Medical School performed magnetic resonance imaging on the brains of 22 long-term cannabis users (reporting a mean of20,100 lifetime episodes of smoking) and 26 controls (subjects with no history of cannabis use). Imaging displayed "no significant differences" between heavy cannabis smokers compared to controls.

"These findings are consistent with recent literature suggesting that cannabis use is not associated with structural changes within the brain as a whole or the hippocampus in particular," authors concluded.

Full text of the study, "Lack of hippocampal volume change in long-term heavy cannabis users," appears in the January-February issue of the American Journal of Addictions.

I thought this was a pretty interesting article.

**flyin** · 22nd April 2005, 13:35

Thank you!!! thats what We like to hear!!

May 7 is International J-Day

over 200 cities wolrdwide are holding rallies

**Sniper** · 22nd April 2005, 14:09

Mint, sounds like fun

**SPORK** · 22nd April 2005, 14:14

That's coz... like... weed is... like, you know... the shit... yeah....

**Coyote** · 22nd April 2005, 14:15

So is this study promoting Canabis?

**pyrocam** · 22nd April 2005, 14:16

ACE!

good on yay for posting that.

rave on just made 2000 posts btw

who here is going to jay day like me. would I get shat on for putting it on the calendar

**flyin** · 22nd April 2005, 14:26

Originally Posted by pyrocam

ACE!

who here is going to jay day like me. would I get shat on for putting it on the calendar

Although it is a great thing to stand up and say " I'm a responsible, functioning member of society and I smoke pot "

Alot of people are of the mind that resbonisble use involves 'not controling heavy machinery' althought there are tests, experiments and reports of the latter looking at the effects of cannabis on the motor-skills of the user... from what I've read the mildly stoned drivers (while concetrating i guess) were doing better than the straight (sober) counterparts. and both were hugely better than the drinker... mixed was just messy

I'll be at the Welly event!!

**onearmedbandit** · 22nd April 2005, 14:57

Oh dear, this will provoke some never-ending debate. I will keep quiet on this, those who know me know my education, roughly how much I earn and how much I do or don't smoke.

**pyrocam** · 22nd April 2005, 16:11

hmm. yeah I can see this getting into a huge debate quite easily. I hope it doesnt.

Look forward to seeing anyother KB'rs there. if your going to the auckland one feel free to post here.

for the record I will not be smoking. (I pretty much dont anymore but still support the cause)

**Hitcher** · 22nd April 2005, 16:46

They'll probably be infertile and paranoid as well...

**onearmedbandit** · 22nd April 2005, 18:04

Sometimes Hitcher, I just don't know what to make of your comments. However I'll assume it was tongue-in-cheek.

**Timber020** · 23rd April 2005, 00:08

So why is it that I have almost been hit by the "legalize cannabis" van twice?

Same study would find E users having higher than average wages to in all probability.

Worked alot around stoners, you never get one saying "dude, man I just want to crack on with work now." "dude you operate that much better after a toke" or "Okay if I have to work this out and get it right, im going to need a hit."

**HDTboy** · 23rd April 2005, 00:22

Originally Posted by pyrocam

hmm. yeah I can see this getting into a mass debate quite easily. I hope it doesnt.

**inlinefour** · 23rd April 2005, 01:25

Originally Posted by MrMelon

Ottawa, Ontario:
Lifetime cannabis users are likely to be single, well educated, and earning an above average salary, according to a recent survey of 13,900 Canadians conducted by Health Canada and the Canadian Executive Council on Addictions.

Approximately 45 percent of the Canadian population over age 15 reported having used cannabis during their lifetime - up from 23 percent in 1989, the survey reported. Lifetime cannabis use increased with education and income. Among those with some post-secondary education, 52 percent reported having used cannabis. By comparison, among those without a high school degree, only 35 percent reported having tried cannabis. In
addition, 55 percent of those respondents with a "high income adequacy" said they had used cannabis, as opposed to only 43 percent of those with a "low income adequacy."

Among those who reported consuming cannabis, most said that they used it infrequently and did not "experience[e] serious harm due to their cannabis use."

Full text of the survey is available from the Canadian Executive Council on Addictions website at:
http://www.ccsa.ca/pdf/ccsa-004028-2005.pdf

AND

Heavy Cannabis Use Not Associated With Cognitive Deficits,
Study Says

Belmont, MA:

Heavy, long-term use of cannabis appears to have a negligible impact on cognition and memory, according to clinical trial
data published in the current issue of the American Journal of Addictions.

Researchers at Harvard Medical School performed magnetic resonance imaging on the brains of 22 long-term cannabis users (reporting a mean of20,100 lifetime episodes of smoking) and 26 controls (subjects with no history of cannabis use). Imaging displayed "no significant differences" between heavy cannabis smokers compared to controls.

"These findings are consistent with recent literature suggesting that cannabis use is not associated with structural changes within the brain as a whole or the hippocampus in particular," authors concluded.

Full text of the study, "Lack of hippocampal volume change in long-term heavy cannabis users," appears in the January-February issue of the American Journal of Addictions.

I thought this was a pretty interesting article.

The first interesting thing I learnt about research when doing my education was that research can be manipulated to reach a satisfactory outcome to help promote a particular way of thinking. Come and work with me people, if you really think that Cannabis (and even worse harder drugs) creates nil problems, then your pretty niaeve.