Middle class relaxing with marijuana
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.
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.
“This study indicates that people who use marijuana are no more a criminal threat to society than are alcohol and cigarette users.
clipped from: www.physorg.com