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Old 08-20-2013, 07:16 AM
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Originally Posted by eman View Post
So this shows that 12th graders abuse pharmaceuticals more than marijuana? 39.4% pills vs 36.4%marijuana.
Abuse of pharmaceuticals is a real problem than needs to be addressed. But this analysis in the pills vs. marijuana is flawed.

If you add the "synthetic marijuana" to the "marijuana" you get 47.7% for marijuana, and if you add the percentages correctly for the pills you get 37.4%.
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