A recent Canadian Press article reported that the number of Canadian marijuana users has doubled since 1994, while the number of drinkers increased nearly ten per cent in the same time period.

A disturbing trend? Probably, but the article makes no attempt to explain why this is happening. Is it a consequence of our increasingly liberal society? Has our permissive attitude inadvertently led to a general decrease in morality? Or is it just that we think we have nothing better to do?

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