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Re:Top medical experts say we should decriminalize all drugs... by vidarh on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @04:41AM (#15282788)
A huge proportion of US soldiers (20% according to some sources) also used heroin while in Vietnam, giving rise to one of the more interesting studies of addiction related to heroin [1] that also taught us a great deal about how to kick addictions and change behaviors (the short of it being that a change of environment makes breaking habits far easier)

[1] http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2012/01/02/14443179...

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Re:Top medical experts say we should decriminalize all drugs... by jandrese on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @10:38AM (#15285012)
It really shouldn't be a surprise that if someone's life is so shitty that they feel they need to do Heroin to escape it, then putting them through a grueling recovery process and then sending them back to their shitty life with no prospects is tremendously counterproductive.
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Re:Top medical experts say we should decriminalize all drugs... by vidarh on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @04:32PM (#15288535)
And yet it apparently amazingly is still surprising to a lot of people.
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