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A comment on Ask HN: I'm writing a book about white-collar drug use, including tech sector.

Re:Ask HN: I'm writing a book about white-collar drug use, i... by Myrmornis on Monday February 26, 2018 @01:29PM (#16467664)
SF Bay Area: Are you worried that it’s a bit tone deaf to be writing a book on drug use among well-paid programmers and other tech sector workers when they are living among a sea of homeless people living in squalor under bridges with high levels of heroin and alcohol abuse and mental illness?
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Re:Ask HN: I'm writing a book about white-collar drug use, i... by burner890 on Monday February 26, 2018 @10:47PM (#16470935)
Much like what we have seen with the opioid epidemic I suspect that people will pay more attention to stories about well-educated, affluent (read white) members of the upper middle class suffering from drug abuse. If the end result is more humane drug policy and enforcement then maybe it's a good thing?
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