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Wow, thanks for the data. I would not have guess San Francisco for heroin\ crack. In the poor sections of LA crack is also a huge problem. But I figured that there aren't that many poor people in San Francisco. I've always thought of cities like New York as big heroin centers. I wonder why drug use is so "high" [no pun intended] in the Bay Area? Like Los Angeles, I thought the Bay Areas was mainly a whole lot of pot heads.
chicago and baltimore probably have the worst heroin problems. chicago is the only city in the US where you can get all 4 types of heroin.
Asheville. The Blue Ridge is blue cuz of the haze from all of that pot smoke.
Chapel Hill is cokier. Rich, cokey, in a very "I have my tenure, so lets celebrate by chopping a line or three" kinda way.
When I played in bands and we'd play in Richmond, there was a definite heroin vibe floating around up there. Definitely not something I was gonna go near, but if you were in bands or in clubs a lot, you could still sense it's presence off in the shadows somewhere. That city has gentrified like crazy over the last decade or so; I can remember leaving clubs and driving down Broad Street in the mid-90s, and in those days it was a real gauntlet of hookers - tall ones of indeterminate gender, with the occasional BMW from the burbs swerving in for a closer look...
Alaska has big drug and alcohol problems among its native populations. There is also a lot of weed usage there, as it is legal to own up to 1 ounce, or 24 plants I believe.
Wow only a couple mentions of Denver for the highest city? The mile high city has more dispensaries per capita than any other city in the USA. More dispensaries than liquor stores or Starbucks locations.
Finding schwag in Denver is harder than finding the good stuff. In any social gathering of more than three people I swear a pipe and some kind bud comes out.
As Dispensaries Pop Up, Denver May Be Pot Capital, U.S.A. (http://www.cannabisnews.org/united-states-cannabis-news/as-dispensaries-pop-up-denver-may-be-pot-capital-u-s-a/ - broken link)
Hemp kingpin ditches Amsterdam for Denver
(http://www.cannabisnews.org/united-states-cannabis-news/hemp-kingpin-ditches-amsterdam-for-denver/ - broken link)
Wisconsin is definitely the hardest drinking state in the union. In the rest of the country drinking is something people do, in Wisconsin it is a beloved cultural tradition, people bring their kids to the bar. It has the same sort of drinking culture as the UK or Ireland.
I remember reading that Rhode Island had the highest rate of drug use in the country.
Minneapolis is a bit under the radar but it is easy to find good weed here and it seems pretty accepted in the local culture. Minnesota doesn't have medical marijuana but posession has been decriminalized since the '70s.
Last edited by Drewcifer; 03-07-2011 at 02:32 AM..
depends on the substance. Heroin? B'more. Cocaine? LA. Weed? Probably also LA, although the whole West Coast definitely wins this one.
I am curious, are there some cities that prefer hard alcohol and others that prefer beer?
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