A fill third (33.3%) of the 750-plus people who took the Mercury's "Pot Shot" Weed Survey [Feature, April 15] claimed to be "vaping right now," so let's see what that plant synergy hath wrought. But first, let's get something out of the way:

These numbers... don't add up. Try not to think about it too hard. That's just because not every respondent answered every single question (to be fair, there were a lot), and some of them were multiple choice. Just trust us, there is no time to argue about it!

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  • CHRISTIAN SCHUBERT

Who's in the Circle?

Most of us (42.1%) are between the ages of 26 and 35, and fewest of us are 75-plus (.1%). We're mostly men (55.9%), but women represent (39.5%), and genderqueer has a voice (1.3%). North Portland is the neighborhood of choice and circumstance (43.8%), and the quadrant we're least likely to take up residence in is Northwest (9.8%). The majority's (42.1%) highest level of education is a four-year college degree, and despite what Antonin Scalia might say, we would most likely not call ourselves "hippie" (80.5%).

Most of us (74%) like to get stoned (duh), but some of us (20.5%) are like "kinda," and a few of us (4.7%) don't even mess with the stuff. High school is the usual (47.1%) life stage during which we first tried cannabis, but the bookends of college (23.9%) and junior high (20.4%) are notably common, too. Many of us (37%) got stoned yesterday.

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