is similar for females, although the rate of marijuana use among females is approximately half that of males.
A higher proportion of persons with some college education report using marijuana than is true of those persons with less formal education (Bureau of Justice Statistics, 1994, pp. 4.86 4.112). The proportion of reported marijuana uses among this population group is also higher than that among college graduates.
An higher proportion of blacks report using marijuana than is true of whites (Bureau of Justice Statistics, 1994, pp. 4.86 4.112). A higher proportion of whites than of Hispanics report using marijuana.
Geographically, 6.0 percent of westerners report using marijuana compared to 4.2 percent of the people in the northeast (Bureau of Justice Statistics, 1994, pp. 4.86 4.112). In the north central and southern states, 3.8 percent of the population reports using marijuana.
Within the context of employment status, 11.5 percent of unemployed persons report using marijuana compared
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