• captainlezbian@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    They’re saying at least one in 1/3 of households. So it’s closer to 33/253 or at least 13% of the population. That still feels very high but it’s not a number I’d call bullshit on it’s face if given by a reputable source, though I would be quite skeptical

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      3 hours ago

      Yep math is not my strong suit. But even still that’s a ridiculous number. If you factor down you ratio by 3 then you get 11/84.3 people are heavy drug users.

      If you went into a room of 85 random people do you really think 11 of them are deeply addicted to drugs?

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        In some of the places I’ve lived? Yeah maybe. Across the country, probably not, but I’m not good at telling if strangers are drug users.