That you can't refute the math shows all of us that we can't believe anything you say!I did refute your math. If fact, I refuted it by showing how you lied about the inputs to your math exercise.
Anyone can do that. But it is considered to be dishonest and un-ethical to do so. I wish the TN AG would sue reason.com for their unethical conduct.
I don't understand why you guys are getting your panties in such a wod over this. Reason misquoted on the "1 in 7" figure they gave but were dead on about the "99 percent" quote on the meth-is-death site.
"First, there’s the fact that 99 percent of first-time meth users are hooked after the first try. (So if you think you’re tough enough to “try it” and walk away, you better WAKE UP!)"
http://www.meth-is-death.com/ (look in the body of the text, it says 99%, in the bullet section it says 95%)
Radioman may have been wrong to quote the Reason article without checking the meth-is-death site, and he was wrong to say it was a DEA owned site. We all make mistakes. The Reason article said the DEA site includes a "conspicuous link" to the Meth is Death site. That is absolutely correct. The DEA even have a banner on their page with the "95% of those who are hooked on meth became hooked after the first time" quote. That's a patently false statement parroted by the DEA who knew better and who ought not use lies in their scare tactic propaganda because as soon as kids see that stuff and realize it's a lie they aren't going to believe all of the true things the DEA is saying about meth. The truth about meth is bad enough, they shouldn't lie and jeopardize their credibility.
Here is the Reason article:
http://www.reason.com/hitandrun/2005/08/the_meth_death.shtml
Here is the DEA anti-drug website:
http://www.justthinktwice.com/ *click on the "Got Meth" picture to open their meth "magazine" and then click through to "The First High" section where you will find the banner with the "95% quote" with the link to the meth-is-death site.