2009-10-22 News

By the Numbers

October 22, 2009

2.5 percent
Portion of Hawaii workers that tested positive for marijuana between July and September

0.6 percent
Portion that tested positive for ice

969
Number of foreclosure filings in Hawaii in September, a 63 percent increase compared to the same time last year

$12,000
High bid at a California auction for an engraving titled "The death of Captain James Cook by the Indians of (O Why ee) one of the Sandwich Islands"

Sources: Diagnostic Laboratory Services, RealtyTrac, Honolulu Advertiser, Pacific Business News

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Only 2.5%??
October 22, 2009 | 04:30 AM

Only that much?? You gotta be kidding me.

More like 25%, brah
Agreed
October 23, 2009 | 11:59 AM

What, did they test a bunch of 6th graders? That seems unbelievably low for Hawaii. Anyone disagree?
How many workplaces actually test too? If all work places did, we may end up with a higher unemployment rate than Michigan.

yeah right

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