Having lived through a period in which 'everyone' 'knew' that pot would be legal by 1982, tops---and note that neither I nor most of them were using drugs at the time---I'll believe the drugs war were ended when I see it and that seems irreversible.
I'm concerned that we're in a 'let an hundred flowers bloom stage' that will make it all the easier to know whom to cut-down in the fullness of time---at least recreational pot doesn't make you put your name on a list of federal drugs laws (and quite possibly, R.I.C.O.) violators.
I understand why opiate-related deaths are down and how that plays into an increase in heroin overdoses, but why is EVERYTHING else up so dramatically? Small spikes in the months near the financial meltdown '07–'09 placed blame there, but longer-term chart paints just the opposite picture. Perhaps the most vulnerable Americans are feeling increasingly more hopeless while the newly rich young are partying that much harder? It's all interesting.
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I don't see a big difference between killing and letting-die because 0.) I am results-oriented, and 1.) society, like any other technology, really ought to obey Asimov's three laws.
I'm concerned that we're in a 'let an hundred flowers bloom stage' that will make it all the easier to know whom to cut-down in the fullness of time---at least recreational pot doesn't make you put your name on a list of federal drugs laws (and quite possibly, R.I.C.O.) violators.
Wonder what changed back then...
I don't see a big difference between killing and letting-die because 0.) I am results-oriented, and 1.) society, like any other technology, really ought to obey Asimov's three laws.