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Originally Posted by PennBF
Statiscially between 15 and 20% of pot users move on to the harder drugs, although all drugs are actually "hard". The cost of all of this on society is tremendous. Who do you think is paying for the "Rehabs"? The good news is that it creates employment for the thousands of Drug Psychologists and Counselors. The good news is that as it is made "legal" there will be more opportunities for these Psychologists, et al.  |
Accepting the above statistic then we can certainly expect a significant increase in hard drug useage.
And now if we had a statistic of the number of people who use alcohol (any and all levels) and how many move on to be alcoholics we might have something to compare.
It would also be helpful to know how many drug users participate in some kind of rehab. And how many alcoholics participate in an AA type rehab.
Again a more meaningful comparison.
Without hard numbers like the above all else is opinion/belief driven, regardless the source.
The other issue that has not been addressed is there will be a definite increase in the number of school age (ALL levels) children who will begin trying/using drugs......because it is now legal (wherever it is).
There is absolutely no doubt the legalization will incrementally add to the problems of abuse at all ages via a new user group that did not exist before legalization.
Hence a bigger problem than exists today with significant cost implications for the future....to just heap on the pile already headed our way. Cost as measured in dollars as well as all the humanity type losses that will occur as well.
True marketing states find a need and fill it. What is the need for pot the government is responding to satisfy? And per my previous post why now and not 10, 20 ,30 ,50, 70 years ago?
Short answer: Greed and politics.