[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

The increased prevalence and cultural condoning of recreational drug usage increases recreational drug usage in a society.

Perhaps - but for most drugs, not by much, since the disincentives inherent in the drugs themselves outweigh the removed disincentives of possible arrest.

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Then tell me which society legalized drugs and saw a precipitous decline in drug usage and drug addiction.

Do you not see how illogical you are being?

[JustSayNoToNannies]

The increased prevalence and cultural condoning of recreational drug usage increases recreational drug usage in a society.

Perhaps - but for most drugs, not by much, since the disincentives inherent in the drugs themselves outweigh the removed disincentives of possible arrest.

Then tell me which society legalized drugs and saw a precipitous decline in drug usage and drug addiction.

So in your book "increased not by much" is "a precipitous decline"?