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Re:Looking at the experience of black Britons through an Ame... by snakeboy on Friday October 02, 2020 @06:15AM (#24660998)
I imagine the statistics are hard to get accurately (a rich person who never gets arrested isn't going to be counted as a drug user unless the study is done via survey), but is it really true that a poor person is just as likely to take drugs as a rich person? Intuitively it doesn't seem quite right, and it's hard to be rich if you are addicted to something truly destructive.
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Re:Looking at the experience of black Britons through an Ame... by varispeed on Friday October 02, 2020 @10:38AM (#24663057)
Using drugs is natural for intelligent beings. It is similar like saying only poor people listen to music. Everyone does it, but the propaganda is focused on people who governments deem undesirable.
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Re:Looking at the experience of black Britons through an Ame... by zimablue on Friday October 02, 2020 @06:37AM (#24661134)
It's also hard to bootstrap a cocaine habit if you're strapped for cash.
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