Doesn't make sense - depersonalization or derealization are about one's own subjective impressions, not externally observable symptoms.
Saying about harsh punishment I meant crimes other than drug dealing.
Irrelevant to my point about repressive regimes (or any other point) - repressive regimes closely control many more aspects of indiviudal life than does our Land of the Free.
I agree that alcohol is a great evil but many alcoholics are functional for a long time. There are people who quit and many people who drink but not alcoholics. It is not true for people hooked to hard drugs.
No, it is true for drugs other than alcohol; heroin is half again as addictive as alcohol, but it's not a whole different order. We only see the nonfunctional users of illegal drugs, because the functional ones are able and willing to be discreet (for obvious reasons).
need a lot of money to support their habit.
Because drug criminalization hyperinflates the cost of their high.
Cannabis is a path to hard drugs.
No, very few users of cannabis go on to use harder drugs. The linkage is due to both cannabis and harder drugs being pushed into the black market; legalize cannabis and you sever the linkage.
“” “” heroin is half again as addictive as alcohol””” “
Bravo Sierra.