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w York's East Village, is common.b] The median age
of my informants was twenty-two, with slightly over one-fifth in their teens (21 percent),
and less than a tenth ( 7 percent) were thirty or over. At about the same time I was
conducting my survey, The East Village Other, a New York underground newspaper
whose 25,000 readers include a considerable percentage of drug users, did a study of its
own. In the April 1967 issue, EVO included a fill-out, mail-in questionnaire on its readers'
drug use. Keeping in mind the extraordinary possibilities for bias and distortion,6] it
should be noted, nonetheless, that the age range of my own study and that of the EVO
study are remarkably similar ( see Table 2-1).
TABLE 2-1
Age Range in Goode and EVO Studies
(percent)
Goode EVO
17 or under 5 16 or under 4
18 or 19 16 17 or 18 11
20 or 21 25 19, 20, 21 28
22, 23, 24, 25 30 22, 23, 24, 25 35
26, 27, 28, 29 18 26 to 30 12
30 or over 7 over 30 10
TABLE 2-2
Age Range in New York Medical College Study
(percent)
Teens 22
Twenties 70
Thirties 8
A third study, conducted by
two sociologists at the New York
Medical College in early 1969,
interviewed seventy-four New
York user respondents collected
by "reputational" methods.7]
The age composition of this
group was almost identical to
mine and to EVO's (see Table 2-
2). Although none of these
studies is random in its
composition of users, or in its
method of collection, the
closeness in correspondence
lends credence to the assertion
that the age distribution of
marijuana smokers in general (or
at least in New York City) is very
likely to be as described. More
striking than its mere youth
(since the median age of the
American population in general
is about
twenty-seven) is the high
degree of concentration within the specific age range of about fifteen years, the middle
teens upward to about thirty. It is possible that use is spreading beyond these boundaries,
both upward and downward; perhaps in a few years, as the present user population grows
older, and, possibly, continues to some extent in using marijuana, this over-representation
among those in their late teens and early twenties will no longer hold true. In any case,
this is, at the present time, the age breakdown of the average user.
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The Marijuana Smokers - Chapter 2
Sex
The user is more likely to be male than female. Or, to put it another way, men are more
likely to smoke, or to have smoked, marijuana than women. The differences between men
and women in their potsmoking participation are always fairly small, but distinct. For the
addicting drugs, especially heroin, the differences are massive. Only about one-fifth of all
known addicts turn out to be women. Men have five times greater chance of becoming
heroin addicts than women.8] The male dominance in marijuana use is never as great as
that. In the 1969 American Institute of Public Opinion study (Gallup Poll) of a
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s and disadvantages.
The first thing you should know is that indoor lights produce
bigger flowers (more bud) than natural window light. This means you
get more THC quantity with artificial lights than you will with natural
sunlight indoors. Even in countries that have hot sun for 6 months of
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the year you can still find it hard to produce big buds indoors under
natural light. Some people have grown plants under an attic window
that they open during the dry days. This will grow you bud but not as
much as you would get using an artificial light system. The other side
of the coin is that natural light is free, electricity is not and grow lights
are a little bit expensive to buy and use. They are definitely not as
expensive as it is to run an electric cooker 24 hours a day but they are
little expensive to use all the same.
Figure 3.10 - The Sun. Picture by Inf3cted.
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When using a window grow try to place your plant near a
window that gets the most sunlight. Sun comes up in east and sets in
the west. It travels more north or south depending on which side of the
equator you are. Think about it for awhile. Also remember that you
have the seasons to think about. If you plan on a window grow try to
establish when you want your plant to receive most of its light. You
want your plant to get most of its light during flowering. If July is the
best month for sunlight then you may consider producing your
seedling back in April or May or even as early as late March. Try to
guess when you will get the best weather. Coordinate this with the
flowering times directed by the breeder and you will be able to foresee
your harvest time.
Also remember that people can look up and see your plant if
they are sitting near the window. Do people come to wash your
windows? Also remember that if you have a Sativa plant then they will
get big. Take all these factors into consideration when you are growing
your plants with natural sunlight indoors.
If you are growing indoors then you may have a room or part
of a room that you wish to use such as an attic, closet, basement, spare
bathroom or hot press. These locations nearly always need artificial
light. You may even decide to build a cabinet yourself. There are many
ways to set-up an indoor grow room. We will discuss this later in
detail.
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Figure 3.11 - Indoor Grow room. Picture by Kryptonite.
GENERAL OUTDOOR GROWING AND GUERRILLA
FARMING
Outdoor growing is growing on your own property outdoors.
Guerrilla farming is growing away from your property in public areas
or on someone else’s property. For this part we will talk a bit about
both.
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Figure 3.12 - Outdoor Grow. Picture by Mullummadman.
The biggest problem with outdoor growing is keeping your
grow area secure and private. Some people will rip-off your plant in a
second if they see what you have (Figures 3.13 and 3.14). Others will
just create trouble for you. Security is vital. I once heard about a small
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