As New Hampshire is all set to go to the polls as a run-up to the upcoming presidential elections in November, a poll conducted by the University of Hampshire survey center states that drug abuse is the No.1 issue for the residents of the tiny state of New Hampshire. While other states all over country state unemployment and low wages as the No.1 issue, New Hampshire is the only state to state drug abuse as its primary concern.

This comes as a surprise as in a poll conducted on February 2013, no resident stated drug abuse as the primary concern. But this year, the issue has grown from being ranked at 4 percent to 25 percent. This comes as a result of severe drug abuse and overflow of drugs in the tiny state. At least one case of death due to drug abuse is reported in the state on a daily basis.

Drug abuse leads to drop in the overall productivity as a majority of the victims are severely addicted to perform their jobs. Center has increased the budget allocated for dealing with drug abuse by a huge amount. This money will go into states to create treatment centers for those addicted and also to raise awareness of the effects of using opiates and other narcotics.

Al-Gore, former US Vice President in an address at the annual Deal Book conference said that he is now employing his environmental concerns to make money for his company, Generation Investment Management. The company doesn’t blindly invest in companies based on their growth. A thorough investigation of the company and their environmental practices is done before a company goes into their portfolio. Not only, his company makes sure of the environmental sustainability of a company, but also the ethical practices of the company are investigated before adding to their portfolio. The way a company treats its employees, the health of the employees and their business ethics are all investigated before being added.

Al-Gore refused to comment on the upcoming Presidential elections but instead spoke on how to be an environmentalist and still make money for oneself in an ethical way. He also spoke about the debate on long term versus short term investments. He said that typically the holding periods for investements were six to seven years but it now has reduced to a mere four weeks. This gives no time to analyze the business practices of the investment. He concluded by stating his belief that long term investments giving the maximum returns.