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A new poll was put out by Gallop - Healthways to survey hoi polloi from every U.S. province about how often they used drug or medicine to affect their mood or help them relax . The definition of drug was left up to the respondent , but could let in prescription drug , amateur drug , alcohol or nicotine .
Here is the full list of states ranked by the per centum of people who report using drugs to make relaxed almost every day .
1 . West Virginia : 28.1 percent
2 . Rhode Island : 25.9 percent
3 . Kentucky : 24.5 percent
4 . Alabama : 24.2 percent
5 . Louisiana : 22.9 percent
6 . South Carolina : 22.8 percent
7 . Mississippi : 22.3 pct
8 . Missouri : 22.2 percent
9 . Indiana : 22.1 percentage
10 . Oregon : 21.9 percent
11 . Pennsylvania : 21.6 percent
12 . Arkansas : 21.6 per centum
13 . Oklahoma : 21.5 percent
14 . Michigan : 21.5 per centum
15 . Tennessee : 21.5 percent
16 . Ohio : 21.3 percent
17 . Vermont : 20.1 percent
18 . Wisconsin : 20 percent
19 . Florida : 19.6 percentage
20 . Massachusetts : 19.5 percent
21 . Iowa : 19.4 percent
22 . North Carolina : 19.1 percent
23 . Nevada : 19.1 percent
24 . Idaho : 19 pct
25 . Georgia : 18.7 percent
26 . New Mexico : 18.4 percent
27 . Kansas : 18.4 percent
28 . Delaware : 18.4 pct
29 . Nebraska : 18.3 percent
30 . Connecticut : 18.2 percent
31 . Maine : 18.1 percent
32 . New Hampshire : 18.1 pct
33 . Montana : 17.7 percent
34 . Virginia : 17.7 pct
35 . Arizona : 17.6 percent
36 . Washington : 17.6 percent
37 . Minnesota : 17.5 percent
38 . South Dakota : 17.4 percent
39 . New York : 17.4 percent
40 . Aloha State : 17.3 percent
41 . Maryland : 17.3 percent
42 . Utah : 16.8 percent
43 . Colorado : 16.7 pct
44 . Texas : 16.7 percent
45 . New Jersey : 16.5 percent
46 . North Dakota : 16.4 percentage
47 . Illinois : 16 percent
48 . California : 15.8 percent
49 . Equality State : 15.5 percent
50 . AK : 13.5 per centum
