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Search trends from the entire US.
Search trends from California. Interestingly, we have slightly higher drug searches than the national average.
Search trends from the Bay Area. We care more about tests and are slightly more stressed out than the national average. We also search drugs slightly less and are less stressed than the rest of the state.
From Very Well Minds:"Effects of High Stress Compared to teens who reported being under low stress (5 or less on a scale of 1 to 10), teens under high stress (6 or higher on a scale of 1 to 10) are significantly more likely to abuse substances: Three times more likely to have used marijuana Twice as likely to have used alcohol Twice as likely to have used tobacco"
This article indicates that drug use and stress are related.
From the DCHS presentation on the Costs of Drug Use in California:
This shows that the Bay Area has relatively low costs of drug abuse, therefore, we likely do not use as much drugs as the rest of the country.