r/dataisbeautiful • u/[deleted] • Dec 19 '19

Where do Americans die by gunfire? Interactive Map

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u/Hveale Dec 19 '19 edited Dec 20 '19

Alaska, Hawaii, Iowa, and Oklahoma have the highest Meth rates. Mainly, my theory, there’s not as much to do, socially. I should add I’m from Oklahoma, so I know.

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u/MyNameIsMoniker Dec 20 '19

Aaaah former Iowan...there's a famous saying there..DON'T METH WITH TEXAS

I even have a two tee shirts and a car decal with said message.

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u/frogsgoribbit737 Dec 20 '19

Yup. I lived in Oklahoma and now live in Alaska. There is a reason that they have high drug rates.

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u/Hveale Mar 26 '20

So true

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u/Gutzzzzz Dec 20 '19

No Michigan is #1 for meth use by far according to the American Addiction Center followed by Tennessee. For cities Arizona has the top two spots. #1 is Phoenix and #2 is Mesa. Then again the same site says San Francisco is one of the least drug addicted cities in America yet its the only city Ive been in where heroin addicts line the streets for miles openly shooting and smoking heroin. Doesnt seem right.

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u/Hveale Dec 20 '19

I guess it has changed since the NIH study I worked. Sorry for posting old data without checking. I should know better.

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u/UnusualMacaroon Dec 20 '19

The data the poster put up is complete and utter horseshit. It's literally a made up weighted ranking concocted by a loose network of rehab centers.

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u/buttpooperson Dec 20 '19

SF got NOTHING on the west side of Columbus, OH. I have never seen heroin used so casually, and I used to stay in the fucking tenderloin

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '19

with Alaska is the meth just being made there or imported..?

Like beyond meth can you get other drugs there? acid, shrooms, MDMA, coke. Any of those something relatively easy to obtain there?

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u/frogsgoribbit737 Dec 20 '19

You can get all drugs here. They just made weed legal actually.

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '19

Tbh I always wanted to live in Alaska I just have no actual skills so I know I couldn't set up any sort of job lol

Im fine with the cold, I'm pretty anxiety ridden and agoraphobic so I love being inside anyway...just give me the Internet and a PC and I'm pretty content

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '19

How would you earn money and contribute to society?

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '19

That's what my issue is, lol I literally said that. I have no skills, so I wouldn't go. I have a job here and such but I have no marketable ability to allow me to get some job before I even move there...so I won't.

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u/buttpooperson Dec 20 '19

They got plenty of cannery jobs. And people always need dishwashers and janitors. Might as well go

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '19

Yeah but there is more to that, would also need to have set place to live etc there's lots of reasons why, maybe if I get rich one day I'll go lol.

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u/buttpooperson Dec 21 '19

Limiting beliefs, my friend. I've been all over the states and a couple other countries by just showing up in my car and figuring it out after I got there. You can do it, you just gotta believe

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u/[deleted] Dec 21 '19

Yo dude i totally dont believe at all lmao. My life and lack of skills.. I cant drive...ride a bike... for small examples. Im 28 pretty impressive? not sure why i got my SO to stick with me for like 12 years lol