August 24, 2007
Cocaine use falls in FL, symptom of the bad economy
Ah, Florida... home of humidity, massive mosquitoes, the Shuttle and Disneyworld. Also home to sky-high cocaine use. At least, it used to be...
Cocaine use in South Florida's workforce has experienced a sharp decline this year compared to 2006, mirroring a national trend that shows the drug's use at a 10-year low, a leading U.S. testing firm reports.''The Miami-Fort Lauderdale area saw a dramatic decline of approximately 18.1 percent in cocaine positivity rates among workers,'' said Barry Sample, the director of science and technology for employee testing at Quest Diagnostics. ``This drop may suggest that employees in the area either are choosing not to use cocaine or lack access to the drug.''
Nationwide, there was a 16 percent drop in positive workplace drug tests for cocaine in the first six months of the year, Quest announced Thursday.
The Lyndhurst, N.J.,-based company compiled its report on 4.4 million drug tests conducted from January through June. The nationwide rate -- about one test in every 172 was positive for cocaine -- is the lowest in the 10 years since Quest began reporting cocaine in its testing index, a widely used benchmark.
Yeah, had to see this coming... people spend less on drugs when they can't make their house payments and their income has failed to go up. Year after year. Finally, it's success in the war on drugs! Make people poor and they can't afford them!
Posted by mcblogger at August 24, 2007 03:33 PM
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