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handmade34

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9. I worked on the NSDUH for quite a few years in Vermont...
Sat Mar 1, 2014, 01:37 AM
Mar 2014

and I did a study of drug use in the Northeast Kingdom for one of my Sociology classes, talked to a lot of people about their's and other's drug use and where the stuff comes from... not everybody sees the drug problem but it exists... traffic through I-91 and 89 between big cities
The NSDUH is a pretty good study (anonymous self-reporting)


"Vermont has the highest rate of illicit drug use in the country with 15% of people saying they've used within the past month..."

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/why-vermont-has-a-drug-problem-2013-10#ixzz2ugZ3Kq1K

http://www.businessinsider.com/why-vermont-has-a-drug-problem-2013-10


http://www.samhsa.gov/data/NSDUH/2k11State/NSDUHsaeMaps2011.htm
Figure 1a Illicit Drug Use in the Past Month among Persons Aged 12 or Older, by State: Percentages, Annual Averages Based on 2010 and 2011 NSDUHs


https://nsduhweb.rti.org/respweb/homepage.cfm

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I don't know why I'm so skeptical of this story. I feel like it may be being JaneyVee Mar 2014 #1
maybe our VT DU'ers can aid us ? nt steve2470 Mar 2014 #2
cali has claimed it's bullshit, maybe she'll show up and comment. dionysus Mar 2014 #3
if it's BS, the Governor is overreacting pretty badly nt steve2470 Mar 2014 #4
i'm not the one to say. i know in my small home town in maine, drug use is up, a few pharmacies dionysus Mar 2014 #6
yes, I'm eager to hear what VT'ers have to say nt steve2470 Mar 2014 #7
in a smallish town it'd only take a dealer or two to make the joint look bad... dionysus Mar 2014 #8
No, I haven't said that. I said a specific article was bullshit cali Mar 2014 #16
I am a now removed Vermonter... Agschmid Mar 2014 #5
I worked on the NSDUH for quite a few years in Vermont... handmade34 Mar 2014 #9
thanks for the info, Handmade nt steve2470 Mar 2014 #10
Maybe people in more liberal states are more likely to admit it Marrah_G Mar 2014 #11
I'm guessing that this statement is based on a "per capita" basis, right? Ghost in the Machine Mar 2014 #14
this needs wide publicity. though some are shamed by it--admitting your state has a problem is Pretzel_Warrior Mar 2014 #12
just for you, pretzie. and all states have problems. btw, I think cali Mar 2014 #18
Where I live in Ohio JesterCS Mar 2014 #13
185 heroin deaths in MA, 45 in RI, 22 in PA - all in the past 4 months hack89 Mar 2014 #15
That's a function of drug prohibition and the black market. Comrade Grumpy Mar 2014 #17
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