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Re:Suspected head of $21B crime syndicate may be world’s mos... by stickfigure on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @07:06PM (#29088728)
You are massively overstating the addictiveness of methamphetamine. You just said it yourself; one in seven Australians have tried it, and yet are not addicts. That's not a crisis, that's good news.

I'm not a fan of meth, but I recognize propaganda when I see it. Meth has gotten (and still gets) the Reefer Madness treatment. From what I've observed, this narrative is so exaggerated as to be more or less false.

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Re:Suspected head of $21B crime syndicate may be world’s mos... by rp1 on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @07:21PM (#29088877)
What evidence is there of meth not being super addictive and life destroying? The person you're replying to misread the statistic, which was actually 7% (not one-in-seven).
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Re:Suspected head of $21B crime syndicate may be world’s mos... by dylan604 on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @07:29PM (#29088954)
Okay, but of that 7% how many of them suffered addiction and life destroying behaviors? I'm guess a large percentage of those users.
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Re:Suspected head of $21B crime syndicate may be world’s mos... by rp1 on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @07:35PM (#29089015)
This study claims that there are 7.3 heavy meth users per 1000 15-49 year olds in Australia. Meaning 1 in 10 people who try meth become a heavy user. That seems like a lot to me, given the lifestyle heavy-users live.

https://ndarc.med.unsw.edu.au/resource/estimating-number-reg...

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Re:Suspected head of $21B crime syndicate may be world’s mos... by 55555 on Wednesday November 03, 2021 @07:38AM (#29093310)
10% of drinkers are problem drinkers.
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Re:Suspected head of $21B crime syndicate may be world’s mos... by rp1 on Wednesday November 03, 2021 @09:09AM (#29094073)
According to this study, only 10% of heavy drinkers are alcoholics. Obviously heavy drinkers are a small portion of total drinkers, so your 10% number is way off base. Even if it was correct, two wrongs don’t make a right.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/...

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