For those living in poverty, personality traits may be different than those holding more wealth. People living with any financial status can experience stress, troubles, and life-altering events. read more
Also, i would imagine that rich people would use a purer grade of cocaine, and that poor people would be sold cocaine that was cut with a lot of fillers. This would necessitate poor people freebasing more often, and the crack version would be more popular and more accessable. read more
For the rich, think personality. For the poor, their poverty may be enough to lead to drug use. This research is suggesting that when richer people blame stress in their lives for their drug use, or whatever they do blame external to themselves, a deeper analysis would require an examination of the role of their personality, and their wealth. read more