The main reason of this, as I think, its that people can not get over the huge stress situations. And for all people they a different - family, work, love, pain, disease etc. They will need the willpower inside in order to change it. Llisten to Eminem - I am not afraid.

This post was edited by maxim_us on Sep 9 2011 03:36pm

It's the way it's presented:


People with IQ's below 75 are more than likely mentally handicapped. And three tenths of a standard deviation? That's meaningless without telling us what the sample's average drug use rate and the sample's average standard deviation actually is. Three tenths of a standard deviation is almost certainly very little, considering the fact that the "very dull" individuals seem to be less likely and the "very bright" individuals seem to be more likely. So that means it's actually only like 0.15 SD's above the mean, at most (according to the graph), and 0.15 SD's is almost certainly very little of a difference compared to the average.

Add to that the fact that it doesn't take into account other factors that could contribute to it (high IQ people go to college where drugs are more available, and very low IQ people do not go to college, so the opportunities are lower).

This post was edited by bentherdonethat on Sep 9 2011 06:59pm

This....

I didn't read but intelligent people don't like psychology! Least I don't...

Drugs are not more available in college lol. It's the people not in college that have the good shit. Generally speaking, ofc.

i always knew that i am a genius

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They're not, true, but you put a group of a few thousand highly stressed young adults in a small geographic area and you're creating a perfect storm for people who want to find a way to destress. Of course alcohol use is the most common, but I've been to plenty of parties where people were smoking upstairs.

Ive seen alot of smart people turn into douchebags who ripoff there own friends and family for drugs too.
But hey who doesnt love smoking crack and takin some oxy's.