OT: Legal pot. Day one.

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[quote=spdrun]”Pleasant” == “boring.” Give me gritty, libertine, and somewhat corrupt (Amsterdam or Prague) over an antiseptic holier-than-thou shithole like Singapore.[/quote]

Singapore is rich and organized. I watched many Lee Kuan Yew interviews and read his books. He knew the trade-offs of fast development very well. His singular focus was on wealth and development. People vacation in Thailand but put their money in Singapore bank accounts.

The Netherlands is liberal but they have good economics to attract corporate headquarters like Ikea. Their liberalism is very pragmatic and humanitarian. In fact, Albert Winsemius, was a Dutch economist who formulated Singapore’s development plan.

Prague is fun for tourists and backpackers but that’s because they’re low income in Europe. The fun places tend to have lower income and lower cost of living.

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[quote=FlyerInHi]
The red states have more druggies than anywhere.[/quote]

Please support that with data.

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[quote=svelte][quote=FlyerInHi]
The red states have more druggies than anywhere.[/quote]

Please support that with data.[/quote]

I meant the growth rates. The big cities in blue states are saturated already and the cities are gentrifying so drug use is not growing. Consumer goods always seek new markets and new markets are in suburban, exurban and rural areas.
West Virginia has the worse overdose rate. There’s not a lot of a data of rural areas.

But, never mind, I think I’m wrong. No worries, good family values will prevent any problem in wholesome, god fearing red state areas. The red states have drugs well under control. We should concentrate research and resources on big coastal cities.

https://newsok.com/article/5558012/oklahoma-deaths-from-opioid-meth-and-heroin-increase
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5119476/pdf/nihms829439.pdf

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[quote=FlyerInHi][quote=svelte][quote=FlyerInHi]
The red states have more druggies than anywhere.[/quote]

Please support that with data.[/quote]

I meant the growth rates. The big cities in blue states are saturated already and the cities are gentrifying so drug use is not growing. Consumer goods always seek new markets and new markets are in suburban, exurban and rural areas.
West Virginia has the worse overdose rate. There’s not a lot of a data of rural areas.

But, never mind, I think I’m wrong. No worries, good family values will prevent any problem in wholesome, god fearing red state areas. The red states have drugs well under control. We should concentrate research and resources on big coastal cities.

https://newsok.com/article/5558012/oklahoma-deaths-from-opioid-meth-and-heroin-increase
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5119476/pdf/nihms829439.pdf%5B/quote%5D

So I ask you to prove your statement, you say nevermind and then tout several more unproven points.

The articles you link to are interesting and worrisome, but don’t prove either your original nor revised hypotheses.

I wouldn’t get too spun up about what the drug dujour is this year. Popularity of specific drugs rise and fall faster than hemlines. Folks freak out at what is currently increasing. Shoot, I remember in the 1980s papers were stating that crack cocaine was going to kill this country. We were going to have crack babies flooding hospitals. Now – nary a word about crack or crack babies. Druggies have moved on to a new shiny drug. And they always will.

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Ok, my mistake. It’s not proven.

I am actually glad the House rejected criminal justice reform. Things are working pretty well.

All else being equal, only a certain percent of the population will do drugs. When that saturation point is reached, the drugs seek new markets. But socio economic problems amplify drug use. As long as we have good family values that keep kids off of drugs, then we’re golden.

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Thailand just approved medical marijuana, not that Thailand has good enforcement of strict drug laws.

Medical marijuana is bullshit. Might as well legalize recreational too and not pretend.

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