What percentage of the following groups have used marijuana in the past year?

[So the Heroes Fall]

For reference, the US average by the last estimate is 13.7%.

-Males
-Females
-Whites
-Blacks
-Hispanics
-Homosexuals
-College students
-Grad students
-Christian university students
-College professors
-High school teachers
-Parents
-Under 30
-Under 40
-Over 40
-Can collect Social Security
-Democrats
-Republicans
-Ron Paul voters
-Santorum voters
-Christians
-Atheists
-Catholics
-Hipster Christians (We'll define this as "normally attend a church with a majority under 35 congregation.")
-Teabaggers
-Occupy Wall Street supporters
-PS3 owners
-XBox360 owners
-Wii owners
-Strippers
-Regular strip club patrons
-Lives in a condo or loft
-Metalheads
-Regularly goes to hardcore/punk/indie/emo shows
-Regularly listens to Bob Marley
-Gun owners
-Lives in a Census tract with a population density of over 10k people per sq. mi.
-iPhone owners
-iPad owners
-Works at a coffeeshop
-Union member
-Cops

[Senator Sbane]

I like this obsession better than your other ones.

[Lief]

For reference, the US average by the last estimate is 13.7%.

[citation needed]

[CultureKing]

For reference, the US average by the last estimate is 13.7%.

[citation needed]

Agreed, 13.7% sounds really low. Although maybe that's my personal perspective kicking in (Washington state loves its pot!)

[So the Heroes Fall]

-Males: 16%
-Females: 10%
-Whites: 12%
-Blacks: 10%
-Hispanics: 20%
-Homosexuals: 18%
-College students: 30%
-Grad students: 25%
-Christian university students: 15%
-College professors: 20%
-High school teachers: 13%
-Parents: 10%
-Under 30: 24%
-Under 40: 18%
-Over 40: 5%
-Can collect Social Security: 2%
-Democrats: 17%
-Republicans: 5%
-Ron Paul voters: 40%
-Santorum voters: 2%
-Christians: 10%
-Atheists: 17%
-Catholics: 10% (Hispanics boost this up a bit)
-Hipster Christians (We'll define this as "normally attend a church with a majority under 35 congregation."): 20%
-Teabaggers: 3%
-Occupy Wall Street supporters: 25%
-PS3 owners: 20%
-XBox360 owners: 15% (PS3 owners tend older and less high schoolish)
-Wii owners: 11%
-Strippers: 18%
-Regular strip club patrons: 23%
-Lives in a condo or loft: 13% (probably more likely to have used cocaine)
-Metalheads: 20%
-Regularly goes to hardcore/punk/indie/emo shows: 30%
-Regularly listens to Bob Marley: 45%
-Gun owners: 10%
-Lives in a Census tract with a population density of over 10k people per sq. mi.: 20%
-iPhone owners: 20%
-iPad owners: 25%
-Works at a coffeeshop: 30%
-Union member: 12%
-Cops: 9%

[So the Heroes Fall]

The source is this Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annual_cannabis_use_by_country

Supposedly their source is some UN report on drugs. Interesting figures there. Supposedly the most pot-loving first world country is a tie between New Zealand, Andorra and Italy, though the US isn't too far behind with Canada not too far behind it. Usage in the Netherlands is less than half that of the US or Canada. And Jamaica is lower than the US and Canada as well.

I have to wonder why Andorra loves weed so much more than France or Spain, lol. Then again there isn't much else to do in Andorra...

[Senator Sbane]

Why are you assuming Hispanics smoke weed at a higher clip? Younger population?

[dead0man]

That is the conventional wisdom, but it appears to be wrong.  cite

White males have higher marijuana use than black or Hispanic males. Similarly, white females have higher levels of use than black or Hispanic females.

It's possible blacks and hispanics are slightly more likely to lie on such a thing (because of distrust of "the man" or something), but I doubt it.

[Vermin Supreme]

Who is the 2% Santorum voters that smoke pot?

[Willy Woz]

That is the conventional wisdom, but it appears to be wrong.  cite

White males have higher marijuana use than black or Hispanic males. Similarly, white females have higher levels of use than black or Hispanic females.

It's possible blacks and hispanics are slightly more likely to lie on such a thing (because of distrust of "the man" or something), but I doubt it.

The results don't surprise me a whole lot. Minorities aren't really big on cannabis culture; mostly weed users are college students from monied families, often times in fraternities and such. Blacks use blunts if they smoke pot at all.

[Torie]

I am just so small a minority in so many ways I guess.