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If 47k deaths per year is an "epidemic" as the author terms it, the 610k that die each year from heart disease must be an all-out pandemic. It never was a war o
by musgrove 11y ago
If 47k deaths per year is an "epidemic" as the author terms it, the 610k that die each year from heart disease must be an all-out pandemic.
It never was a war on drugs. Drugs are inert and aren't capable of fighting a war. It's a war on addiction. And good luck winning that on a national scale with "laws."
- jhulla 11y agoSpot on. Addiction causes fundamental changes in the brain. Helping addicts is a complex process well beyond fining or imprisoning them. The goal is to reverse the addiction. It doesn't happen by punishing an addict. This is a useful paper: "Imaging the Addicted Human Brain", http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2851068/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2851068/
- 6stringmerc 11y agoIf you live long enough you eventually die of something, right? Now, if 85% of those heart disease deaths were in the 15-28 year old cohort, that might be something quite stunning. I agree declaring 'war' on addiction is a ridiculous concept, because it's more than likely a statistical constant (with a range) within the human species. A certain amount of people will get addicted, be it drugs, food, or the internet. It's just kinda sorta what we do, and I'd be a big fan if as a society and culture we looked toward methods to save ourselves constructively, rather than use the authority of the state to lock people away, generally speaking.