Comments on: Can Drugs Make You Happy?

By: Copernicus

Copernicus — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 23:14:08 +0000

What about the Northern Canadian islands? It hurts my head to see the mainland coloured but not them.

By: Paul Horn

Paul Horn — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 23:23:56 +0000

Yay — world maps minus boundary lines.

Boo — parts of USA (like Alaska, Michigan’s upper peninsula, New England) and Canada (Newfoundland, Baffin Island, etc.) aren’t colored in when the rest of the countries are. Also called the “Tasmania Effect.”

Lovely graphics, btw.

By: Jake Goode

Jake Goode — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:01:41 +0000

On the first map you have marked Cote D’Ivoire, but list Ghana at the bottom. This work is sloppy, which spoils the effect. The analysis of correlation is no such thing. Statistical correlation would compare all the populations with all their figures for drug use, not simply the ones who exceed your arbitrary 7% benchmark, and the matching number of happiest.

By: Vince Whirlwind

Vince Whirlwind — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:45:04 +0000

Why would anybody bother mentioning Wales & Scotland?

By: Horvath

Horvath — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:05:56 +0000

it is not about country name or border the idea of whole post is very good and funny.Wtf whit
” I don’t see X country…” or “My country uses drug to why didn’t you marked it??” ….and by the way you forgotten Romania… :P Its ok I don’t need a statistic, to use drug or to be funny…I do this thing voluntary.
Peace an bless !!

By: gifts for men

gifts for men — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:35:34 +0000

The person taking drugs, harms himself in long term but wot the firm needs is output. If a person taking drugs does it for more money, he in turn gets extra money for the extra benefit he gives to his firm. As far as the person taking drugs is happy with wot he does, the firm shouldn’t have a problem with him.

By: Saara

Saara — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:04:24 +0000

I like what you do it’s brilliant. It’s just that some of the ‘happiest’ countries you have marked also have the highest suicide rates in the world.

By: Monty

Monty — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:35:23 +0000

You do say that it’s just a correlation, though the headline suggests otherwise. I’m probably just being too picky, since it seems pretty tongue in cheek, but it’s very likely that happiness and drug use are largely independent and both caused by a common factor, like income level, for example.

By: Aung Kyaw

Aung Kyaw — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 23:35:36 +0000

How in the world can Burma, one of the most oppressed and impoverished countries in the world, be one of the happiest simultaneously? I think you highlighted the wrong country, instead of Thailand.

By: cheekoo

cheekoo — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:42:29 +0000

I don’t believe my eyes u have missed out europe , we have the drug and sex capital of world there amsterdam and even people in india take drugs the only thing is it is not legal in india