“Do you agree with that Whitlock statement?”
It’s plausible. I’m not sure, I’m not in the community. But if drugs is part of the culture, an accepted and encouraged part, and the penalties are stiff, it could be counter productive.
It’s been proven in the past, (China and England had an issue over this), that the only cure for a drug problem is to treat the cause. It can be debated whether stiff penalties for individual users is productive.
The cause is a big issue. I guess it just seemed to me that Whitlock is still relying on the blame someone else tactics.