What I was trying to say is that it's more complex than the article paints it. Certainly despair, and economic despair in particular, is at the heart of many of

What I was trying to say is that it's more complex than the article paints it. Certainly despair, and economic despair in particular, is at the heart of many of societies problems, drugs included. But it's not necessarily the one in despair that turned to drugs. It might be his/her kids, who grew up without a supportive family (or perhaps were abused) when then found friends who accepted them, who turned them on to drugs. I mean, drug stats are what they are, more than 50% start before their 18.