So the US was in betrayal of its youth from 1787 until the 1930's when FDR saved us with defacto mj prohibition?
And betrayed its youth for all but a decade and a half of American history by legalizing the toxic addictive drug alcohol.
So the US was in betrayal of its youth from 1787 until the 1930's when FDR saved us with defacto mj prohibition?
And betrayed its youth for all but a decade and a half of American history by legalizing the toxic addictive drug alcohol.
Counter to the epidemic among adults, heroin use actually declined among the 12-17 age group. See chart from the CDC, July 2015 => http://www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/heroin/infographic.html
“And betrayed its youth for all but a decade and a half of American history by legalizing the toxic addictive drug alcohol.”
Making these all-encompassing comparisons and generalities is laughable.
Would you not concede that heroin is more dangerous than alcohol? Then we can walk it out to PCP, to crack cocaine, to meth. Everyone knows that these drugs kill, and they kill quickly. These drugs, including marijuana, reach inside to the brain and do permanent damage. People do these drugs to alter their consciousness in a major way.
Cigarettes kill, but not nearly as quickly, and the habit is occurs mostly in their bodies. People smoke cigarettes because they want the calming effects, the relaxation.
Same with alcohol. It destroys lives more so than cigarettes, especially with drunk drivers.
The drugs out there now will end up destroying our society, and the will to stop thehir curse has to come from a societal outcry, not government action.
That the years you mentioned did not have the problem to he extent we have now was due to the society and the culture we had at the time, which had been arranged by Christianity.
Alcohol was supposed to have been a hideous problem in the 19th century, but it was routed out by leaders in society.