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Re:Top medical experts say we should decriminalize all drugs... by piva00 on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @04:27AM (#15282719)
Lifetime usage is a different metric than "repeated usage", people can be more curious about it and try but not necessarily stick to using them. Even more when you have policies in place for education and harm reduction.
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Re:Top medical experts say we should decriminalize all drugs... by lqdc13 on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @04:57AM (#15282875)
You're right[0] but it looks like it depends on age group[1,2].

[0] https://kek.gg/i/6vgYNF.png

[1] https://kek.gg/i/7-w6PD.png

[2] https://kek.gg/i/3Jn4G6.png

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Re:Top medical experts say we should decriminalize all drugs... by kgwgk on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @05:42AM (#15283077)
> people can be more curious about it and try but not necessarily stick to using them

Yeah, it's not like they are addictive or anything.

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Re:Top medical experts say we should decriminalize all drugs... by pault on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @08:47AM (#15284133)
Addiction isn't binary. Serious addiction takes long periods of sustained use. Source: I have done a lot of drugs.
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Re:Top medical experts say we should decriminalize all drugs... by dlp211 on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @02:58PM (#15287751)
Addiction isn't that simple either. Some people become addicted rapidly, others not so much. I've known people that quickly fell down the rabbit hole, others that just quit one day and never looked back, and others who have replaced one addiction for another, sometimes for the better, other times for the worst.
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