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How Americans Said No To Cocaine After Years-Long Addiction
- slacka 13y agoFrom my hometown to some acquaintances in SF, every meth user I've know has screwed up their life. At the same time, I've been friends with and worked with many highly functional coke users. Scientific studies appear to back my personal observations.[1] If the reduced supply and higher cost mentioned in the article has driven people to meth, it would be another failure of this stupid "war" on drugs. [1] http://www.sg.unimaas.nl/_OLD/oudelezingen/dddsd.pdf http://www.sg.unimaas.nl/_OLD/oudelezingen/dddsd.pdf
- tlb 13y agoThe audio version is better than the text. The text version muddles the continuity, skips parts, and inserts bullshit like "The passage of time played a role" as an explanation for why a long-term trend happened.