A new report in the online magazine PLos Medicine reveals that through surveys of Americans, 16.2 percent of Americans had tried cocaine at least once, and 42.4 percent had used marijuana, making us number one in the world for illegal drug use. This is in comparison to New Zealand, who came in a close second, where just 4.3 percent of study participants had used cocaine, and 41.9 percent marijuana.

In the Netherlands, where drug policy is more liberal than the United States, 1.9 percent of survey participants said they had used cocaine and 19.8 percent marijuana.

Twelve US 12 states including California permit medical use of marijuana, but possession and use remains prohibited under federal law.

And despite the US government’s massive anti-drug efforts, the United States remains the world’s top drug market, one amply supplied by South American cartels.

The US Drug Enforcement Agency has observed ever larger quantities of illegal drugs pouring into the country.

“We are seizing greater quantities of illegal drugs than ever before,” said a DEA statement last week.

In 2007, agents seized 41 metric tons of cocaine in just two raids, and denied drug traffickers record-breaking revenue of 3.5 billion dollars for the year, it said.

We may get our asses handed to us in every single sport at the Olympics this year, but goddamn it if we won’t give a shit ’cause we’ll all be too yay’d out and stoned. USA! USA!

The thing about living in California, which is by far the best state in the whole WERLD, is that you pay for the privilege in a litany of ways, from home prices, to taxes, to the price of gas. In fact, the California town of Gorda, a coastal hamlet situated on Highway 1 south of San Francisco, holds the distinction of having the most expensive gas in the United States, at $5.40 for a gallon of premium:

Tourists couldn’t believe what they were seeing, NBC11 reported. Many said they would never pay that much for a gallon of gas. Others said they had no choice. The gas station’s owner said one customer told him to go to hell and another said he should be shot for charging that much for gas.

The reason the gas costs so much is because the town gets all its power from a generator and they use the extra profits from the pumps help pay that bill. The other reason is that they can. They’re the only game in town.

“If you’re out in the desert without water and you want a jug of water and they charge you 30 bucks for a jug of water, I wouldn’t feel sorry for you. Look before you leap, right? said gas station attendant James Willman.

Besides, people bitching about $5 gas should try going to fucking Netherlands, where last week a gallon of premium came in at $9.14.