Now famous for more than Pabst Blue Ribbon

Do teens in Milwaukee really smoke more marijuana than the rest of the country or are they simply more honest? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's latest survey says they do and the city's history lends some credibility to the results but one suspects it could be the teens in town simply feel free to admit their habits because of an accepting attitude in general.

“What made Milwaukee famous?” said Ladd White, an alcohol and other drug abuse counselor at the Child & Adolescent Center in Oconomowoc. “Part of it is our culture: We’re the beer-drinking capital of the world. We’re the party state. The overall mentality is, ‘It’s OK to mood alter.’”

Then again, in such a culture, they could just be saying they smoke it so they appear to be cool in front of their friends. You never know with teenagers.