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I have not done much traveling, but Americans seem to self-medicate more?

• handrous 5y ago
  We take way less vacation and have far more financial uncertainty and more bills (more complexity and more to keep track of just to get by), so our background level of stress is probably higher on average than in, say, most Western European states. There may be other reasons that affect it more, but I'd fully expect that to be enough to result in more self-medication, all else being equal.
• autoexec 5y ago
  Actual medication and healthcare services (especially mental healthcare) are not always affordable or accessible in the US. Recreational drugs are everywhere though, so plenty of people turn to them for whatever degree of relief those drugs can provide.