Re:How marketers convinced America to eat fish sticks
by wyattpeak on Monday September 21, 2020 @02:08AM
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I feel fairly confident that the average American doesn't snort a sixth of a pound of cocaine each year.
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Re:How marketers convinced America to eat fish sticks
by Garvey on Monday September 21, 2020 @12:26PM
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At just over 1g a week, it's not out of the realms of possibility, taking into account those who abuse it. I've unfortunately known people who could use that much in a week.
Re:How marketers convinced America to eat fish sticks
by wyattpeak on Tuesday September 22, 2020 @12:18AM
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Oh for sure I don't think it's out of the realm of possibility that there is someone somewhere who goes through a sixth of a pound per year. In fact I'm sure there are people.
What I absolutely do think it's out of the realm of possibility that the average American does. Something like 2% of Americans use cocaine.[1] That figure is probably extremely imprecise, but it barely matters because even if it was 20% it would require that the average user was going through a gram a day.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocaine_in_the_United_States