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By: Does Higher Unemployment Lead to More Drug Use? « Free Market Mojo

Does Higher Unemployment Lead to More Drug Use? « Free Market Mojo — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:44:16 +0000

[...] Higher Unemployment Lead to More Drug Use? According to Richard Florida, director of the Martin Prosperity Institute and professor of business and creativity at the Rotman [...]

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Creative Class » Blog Archive » Drug Use and Class - Creative Class — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:31:00 +0000

[...] class communitiesWho’s YOUR City?Creative ClassThe source on how we live, work and play« This is Your Economy on Drugsby Richard FloridaThu Aug 13th 2009 at 9:30am EDTDrug Use and Class Yesterday, we looked at the [...]

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Does Higher Unemployment Lead to More Drug Use? - Economix Blog - NYTimes.com — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 19:32:45 +0000

[...] addition, Mr. Florida looked at state output per capita (which is more positively correlated with use of cocaine and marijuana), as well as a host of other [...]

By: Phil E. Drifter

Phil E. Drifter — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:52:02 +0000

That’s interesting because I’ve read studies that showed that cannabis smokers take less sick days off work than people who are ‘drug free,’ and also that cannabis smokers drive safer than drug-free drivers.