The comparative stats are probably bollocks , as they ' re selfreporting . I checked the EMCDDA report , which is where this report the Guardian is talking about copied the stats from . For example , Estonia has a really , really low reported incidence of all drug taking , but smashes everyone else in drug related deaths per million population , and Ireland and Norway are in the same boat . Someone ' s lying somewhere to save national face , and its probably not us . <| sep |> True , that has been in mind in the long term . I have friends and family who would be interested . One of my friends actually has experience in permaculture , which is handy . There will be another housing bubble crash in the next few years , so you ' re right about needing to be ready