In countries where drugs are legal, do the addicts have responsible jobs? Can they work as doctors, lawyers, school bus drivers, cops?
First, separate “addicts” from “users”. This distinction is important, and represents a direction in which many otherwise fair-minded and intelligent people have been misled. “Addicts” make up only a small percentage of overall drug users. You probably recognize this distinction already, whether you realize it or not, if you only look at the example of alcohol in the US. Alcohol is a recreational drug. It is among the most dangerous of recreational drugs, yet the majority of people that use it drink responsibly and recreationally, and not habitually. Perhaps surprisingly, this is also true of users of marijuana, ecstasy, LSD, and even cocaine. Most users of currently illegal recreational drugs are responsible casual users, just as are most users of alcohol. Of course drug users can hold good jobs. If you remember that alcohol is a powerful drug, you’ll realize that you know many “drug users” who hold good jobs. You probably know doctors and policemen and lawyers and teachers and bus dr
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