<blockquote rel="TasBurrfoot"><blockquote rel="lester_lugtu">@thegreatiam15,
Purchasing power of AUD is too strong na mismong pagbili ng adidas na sapatos eh parang bumili ka lang ng suka sa tindahan.
Kung nagugulat ang pinoy sa ganyang standard ng mga 1st world countries like OZ, that's because mahirap kasi ang bansa natin.
Ngaun kung oks lang sau na lumaking addict anak mo, then live in australia. D2 normal lang ang drug addiction s mga kabataan.
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drug addiction normal? can you cite some stats mate?
though there are more juvenile delinquent here that where we lived before (Singapore) but I really find it disturbing that you label seeing an "adik" kid normal...
overall i would still find it safer to raise my kids here in Australia than in the Philippines...</blockquote>
This actually intrigued me, so I did a quick research.
Based on the 2011 UN World Drug Report, the use of illicit drugs among adults (15-64 y/o) for the Philippines and Australia came in at:
Cocaine: less than 0.1% Philippines, 1.9% Australia
Cannabis: 0.8%, 10.6%
Amphetamines:2.1%, 2.7%
Ecstasy: 0.2%, 4.2%
So the Philippines is actually coming in several points lower than Oz in terms of drug use, at least looking at these four groups of drugs.
The statistics is closely tied up with the global market price of these drugs, vis-a-vis the countries' economy (i.e. people living in a country with better economy have more ability to purchase the drugs).
Looking at the trends however, the numbers have been steadily declining for Australia (and other Oceanic countries in general), at a much faster rate than the Philippines. I reckon its partly because of the policies, regulations, and implementations against illegal drugs, and partly because its a lot harder to get the drugs from China, Malaysia, and Indonesia down to Oz.
Of course the research looks at it from a macro-perspective, and fails to account for a lot of things, and valid arguments can be made for and against the numbers. Then again, at the end of the day, it all boils down to how you raise your child.
References:
[1] http://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/WDR2011/World_Drug_Report_2011_ebook.pdf
[2] http://www.unodc.org/documents/wdr/WDR_2010/2.0_Drug_statistics_and_Trends.pdf