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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-03-09 10:26 AM Original message |
Why are street drugs so much more in use now than they were in previous decades? nt |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-03-09 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
1. More people |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-03-09 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
2. They are? |
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nightrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-03-09 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
3. there's a lot of emotional, financial, relationship, etc pain out there. |
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rcrush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-03-09 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
4. Because they are awesome. nt |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-03-09 11:33 AM Response to Reply #4 |
22. lol silly but funny |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-03-09 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
5. If that is true I would say it's because of the readily availability of said drugs |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-03-09 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
6. Are they? |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-03-09 10:34 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. I don't have a cite, but a few decades ago (say 1950's, early 60's) you'd never hear of a |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-03-09 11:12 AM Response to Reply #9 |
18. But during those same times you could get uppers over the counter |
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JHB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-03-09 11:15 AM Response to Reply #9 |
20. One of my father's friends was lamenting that one day. Dad's response: |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-03-09 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
7. Because of decades of Republican un-interest in the physical and mental care of "the little people." |
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Rebubula (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-03-09 10:59 AM Response to Reply #7 |
16. Wow... |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-03-09 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
8. Per-capita use is down across the board. |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-03-09 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
10. Because Reagan made prescription drug use a crime. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-03-09 11:09 AM Response to Reply #10 |
17. I think that's part of it. |
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SOS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-03-09 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
11. Illegal drug use peaked in 1979 and has been declining ever since |
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Still Sensible (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-03-09 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
12. Don't know if the premise is accurate or not... |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-03-09 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
13. ask the pharma barons - they provide the pills, rake in the dough |
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SCantiGOP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-03-09 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
14. beg to disagree |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-03-09 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
15. Young people realize early on that the ideal their lives are being tailored for sucks |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-03-09 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
19. I don't know but Quaaludes were pretty damn popular during the 60's and 70's |
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irislake (967 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-03-09 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
21. I blame "the war on drugs" |
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timeforpeace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-03-09 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
23. Plus attitudes are relaxed even if the laws are not, and even the laws are winked at in the case of |
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