Canadians Get Dopier

According to this report in The Globe and Mail, the liberal political agenda in Canada is producing the desired result of turning the electorate into a bunch of mind-numbed followers. The Canadian Community Health Survey found that the use of marijuana and hashish almost doubled in the past 13 years and the highest usage rate is among teenagers. The study also found,

... [M]ore people were taking five other drugs: cocaine or crack, ecstasy, LSD and other hallucinogens, amphetamines (speed) and heroin.

Overall, 2.4 per cent of Canadians 15 or older reported using at least one of these drugs in the past year, up from 1.6 per cent in 1994. An estimated 321,000 people - 1.3 per cent - had used cocaine or crack cocaine, making it the most commonly used of these other drugs.

When it came to pot and hashish, 6.5 per cent of Canadians reported using the drugs in 1989 and 7.4 per cent in 1994. By 2002, that proportion had reached 12.2 per cent.

The dramatic increase in drug usage has to be of some concern to the country's leaders. A not insignificant and growing segment of the population admits to chemically altering their mentality on a regular basis. One has to wonder how many individuals are altered when they perform significant tasks such as child-rearing or driving a truck.

It's probably not unreasonable to assume that, at the current rate of growth, drug usage in Canada will soon have a noticeable destabilizing effect on society, in general, and the economy, in particular.