However, he admits this is not an endorsement of pot smoking for everyone. He speculates that chronic pot smokers make up a small minority who just happen to be biochemically programmed to respond beneficially to cannabis. He thinks that if pot doesn't make an adult feel better and work better, he or she won't use it . The surveys I've seen indicate journalists use cannabis and other illegal drugs at higher rates than most professions. The result was not to lower illegal-drug use, but to increase the lying, hypocrisy and cognitive dissonance.
Journalists are the ultimate careerists.
Those who know the war on some drugs is a big lie are the least likely to question the party line or report the truth factually. The common perception seems to be that doing so might raise suspicion about one's own use or lead to reassignment. Whatever one's profession, surveys from around the globe show the vast majority of recreational drug users quit or greatly moderate their intake by the time they reach their late 30's. Chris Iverson, in his late 20's, is an entrepreneur and activist who has been a cannabis user for the past eleven years. Iverson envisions Portland's future modeled more like Amsterdam.