We Know Quite A Bit About Addiction.

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We Know Quite A Bit About Addiction.

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It is not caused by drugs.

http://thefederalist.com/2017/05/25/sur ... id-crisis/
The Federalist - The Surprising Link Between Broken Families And America’s Opioid Crisis

http://www.ajpmonline.org/article/S0749 ... text?cc=y=
American Journal of Preventive Medicine - Relationship of Childhood Abuse and Household Dysfunction to Many of the Leading Causes of Death in Adults

https://acestoohigh.com/2017/05/02/addi ... n-recover/
Addiction doc says: It’s not the drugs. It’s the ACEs – adverse childhood experiences

14-Year Veteran Undercover Cop Exposes Truth About The Drug War: "I Used To Believe I Was Doing Good"
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-1 ... -i-was-doi
He figured out that he was chasing abused children - and it disgusted him.

I have been saying that for over 12 years
http://powerandcontrol.blogspot.com/2004/09/heroin.html

People in chronic pain chronically take pain relievers.

And for your further amusement - http://www.issues.org/13.2/courtw.htm - How The Drug War Destroys Families

So addiction is in part related to family trauma and jailing "addicts" and their suppliers causes family trauma. Talk about a government program.

But if police are so good at solving medical problems they should be charged with eradicating cancer. I'm sure they can do a bang up job.
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What we are seeing here is the end of an era. Kids are taking a different view of Prohibition than their parents did. So do I expect to change the minds of confirmed Prohibitionists? Of course not.
A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents die and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it. - Max Planck
I read some where that about 60% of young Republicans are against cannabis prohibition. Here it is:
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/ ... urvey-says
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