>>Interesting article. Note the link to "Coke, crack, pot, speed, et al"
>>http://www.scientificamerican.com/news/120401/2.html
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>Doesn't the conclusion of the article (the link you mentioned) contradict your position?
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>"Even with the decline, the U.S. way of dealing with illegal drugs is widely seen by experts outside the government as unjust, far too punitive and having the potential for involving the country in risky foreign interventions."


The lead article also mentioned that it was the abusers who were more apt to experience depression. The same is said for alcohol abusers, tobacco abusers, in fact, any abuser. But I wonder if the same is true for self-abusers? ;)