It is little spoken of, I assume for politically correctness reasons, but socio-economics have a lot to do with drug use and what kinds are used. A few CEO’s have been “busted”, but mostly, like John DeLoarean, they were dealing it in a effort to save a failing enterprise. Anyway, I might suggest a comparison of the socio-economics in RI with other states. I know very few housewives who occaisionally “do a line”. Maybe they have licit drugs. “Mother’s Little Helper”?
If you want some evidence of this thinking, those of you old enough to remember the onset of aids will recall that none of the TV movies about it featured gays. Most featured housewives getting it from their tennis instructors.
Don’t know what to say about “binge drinking”. I have always thought it was another attempt by the therapists to get it listed in the DSM so that they could charge for it. Similiar to their efforts with “Road Rage” as a treatable illness.