"Remember-- correlation is not the same as causation."Geez, KenH, did peyote use also increase?
Overall drug use. You know better.
Arrests for heroin/cocaine from 1979-2004 increased by over 600%, while past-month heroin use shot up by 30%! Therefore, increased enforcement causes the use of heroin to rise... right?? BTW, notice that while arrests and demand for heroin have increased from 1979-2004, the price has dropped and the purity increased. Good gravy, they're doing a poor job of fighting heroin!
http://www.briancbennett.com/charts/fed-data/crime/intox-arrests.htmhttp://www.briancbennett.com/charts/fed-data/crime/intox-arrests.htm