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> the demonization of the drugs It keeps the number of drug addicts low and then makes the harm and safety problem less important at the same time?
by highCs 11y ago
> the demonization of the drugs
It keeps the number of drug addicts low and then makes the harm and safety problem less important at the same time?
- ArkyBeagle 11y agoHow would we know it actually does that? Somewhere between 50-90% of high school seniors in the late '70s smoked pot at least once. The problem with demonization in general is that it requires willing suspension of disbelief, which is brittle. Please remember also that Nixon's original WOD happened because lots of young people were coming back from 'Nam strung out.
- rco8786 11y ago> lots of young people were coming back from 'Nam strung out. It's quite possible that we saw a bunch of boys coming back "strung out" from the most psychologically damaging war in the country's history, not smoking pot.
- ArkyBeagle 11y agoThe concern was over the alarming percentage on heroin.
- baddox 11y agoProhibition might reduce the total number of people who have ever tried a drug, but I very highly doubt it reduces the number of people addicted to a drug. It could just as easily increase the number of addicts.