MORE LAWYERS = MORE COCAINE USE??

Posted in Law ::: August 21, 2009 2:33 PM

Somehow, I just doubt the scientific validity of all this but it's worth passing on.  A recent survey apparently shows that there is a correlation between states with a higher concentration of lawyers and heavier cocaine use.  It also showed that states with higher concentrations of artists, architects and educators have heavier marijuana use.  Here's the link:  http://www.abajournal.com/weekly/lawyer-heavy_states_see_higher_cocaine_use

Weird.  I won't discount anything and there have been fairly involved and reliable studies showing lawyers leading the league in depression and alcoholism but the cocaine statistic doesn't necessarily mean that it's the lawyers doing the snorting.  Lawyers go where the business is - wouldn't it make sense that areas with high cocaine use and as such, high rates of cocaine arrests, would attract more lawyers to defend those arrests?  It does to me.  Or it could mean that my brethren are snorting lines to get through their day which would be a bummer.  Myself, I've never seen evidence of it.  Too much coffee is all I can attest to for me and my legal pals.  Thankfully, I won't get five to ten for main lining Starbucks.  Plus, cocaine doesn't really fit into my marathon training plan.  It might work for a 5k but a marathon, never!    

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