Re:Marijuana use and schizophrenia: New evidence suggests link
by mistersquid on Monday December 26, 2016 @11:33AM
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Marijuana use actually may be more strongly correlated to higher socioeconomic status than lower.
A quick Google search for "drug use by socioeconomic status" turns up a 2012 article titled "Socioeconomic Status and Substance Use Among Young Adults: A Comparison Across Constructs and Drugs" [0] which concludes, in part
> Findings based on three indicators of family background
> SES—income, wealth, and parental education—converged in
> describing unique patterns for smoking and for alcohol and
> marijuana use among young adults, although functional
> relationships across SES measures varied. Young adults with
> the highest family background SES were most prone to alcohol
> and marijuana use.
A quick Google search for "drug use by socioeconomic status" turns up a 2012 article titled "Socioeconomic Status and Substance Use Among Young Adults: A Comparison Across Constructs and Drugs" [0] which concludes, in part
[0] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3410945/EDIT: Change lede.