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Re:Ask HN: I'm writing a book about white-collar drug use, i... by Eilene on Monday February 26, 2018 @11:53AM (#16466736)
a problem for me, as a reporter, is the lack of statistical evidence of any kind for this. It's very difficult to get an accurate portrayal of the problem based on surveys that would require self-reports. That's why forums like these are helpful in informing my reporting.
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Re:Ask HN: I'm writing a book about white-collar drug use, i... by nathan_long on Monday February 26, 2018 @12:24PM (#16467014)
Yep, I understand you can't easily get stats on this. I just didn't want you to hear exclusively from one side.
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Re:Ask HN: I'm writing a book about white-collar drug use, i... by Superpangloss on Monday February 26, 2018 @01:16PM (#16467542)
There are reports of cocaine being detected in waste water (1). You could approach water companies to see how granular their data is. Perhaps you can see that there are peaks of coke in the sewers near Wall Street or Madison Avenue.

[1] http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/cocaine-use-i...

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Re:Ask HN: I'm writing a book about white-collar drug use, i... by IkmoIkmo on Tuesday February 27, 2018 @03:42AM (#16471974)
You'd probably just get a heatmap where there is little use of water. i.e. a single individual doing cocaine in a suburb would show far greater concentrations than 100 people doing cocaine at a rave at some farm that's irrigated on a daily basis, or 100 people doing cocaine at a wall street office party above a bunch of laundromat companies.
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