SURVEY UNCOVERS EDUCATED TOKERS

VANCOUVER -- Marijuana users are more likely than non-users to be single,
well-educated and earning a decent salary.

That's one of the findings included in a detailed analysis of data
contained in the Canadian Addiction Survey.

The survey was originally released last year, but the analysis released
Wednesday reveals variations in drug and alcohol use according to income,
education and marital status.

For example, married couples, high-school dropouts and low-income earners
were the least likely to toke. More than half of never-married Canadians
have smoked marijuana (57.5 per cent) at some point in their lives,
compared with 41 per cent of married couples and 35 per cent of previously
married respondents.

Only about 35 per cent of non-high school graduates had smoked pot at some
point, compared with 52 per cent among Canadians with some post-secondary
education (the figure dropped for those with university degrees). Just 43
per cent of low-income earners had smoked cannabis, versus 55 per cent of
high income earners.