More than 20 percent of gun owners in the U.S. admit to using drugs while also suffering from a mental health disorder, according to a study.
According to a survey of 1,098 gun owners by rehab center The Florida House Experience, one in three people self-identify as having a mental health disorder, with anxiety, mood disorders and post-traumatic stress among some of the most common conditions.
Elsewhere, 33.7 percent of those taking part in the survey admit to being drug users, with nearly 17 percent of these gun owners saying they take drugs every day. According to the survey—Don’t Shoot the Messenger: A Look at Gun Ownership, Drug Use, and Mental Health in America— cocaine, marijuana and Xanax, a prescription medication used to treat anxiety that is becoming increasingly popular among young people recreationally, are the three most used drugs by gun owners.
In total, one in five gun owners self-identify as having a mental health condition—not necessarily diagnosed with one—as well as taking drugs illicitly.
I of course am not at all surprised by this since I already think the idea of buying dozens of firearms is by itself an indication of a mental health problem.
I am not however necessarily down with the idea of Marijuana use being a problem for gun owners.
But definitely mark me down as being worried about opioid and cocaine use among Ammosexuals.
I have an uncle who went through a rather prolonged period of cocaine abuse and he jumped out of bed one night and shot his whole bedroom up absolutely convinced that he somebody was climbing through the window to murder him.
He most CERTAINLY should not have had access to a gun.
P.S. Here is the study.
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