Why pick 1993? The vast majority of the fall had already occured by 1989, when Dr. William J. Bennett became the first cabinet level drug czar.
"My office is already conducting an exhaustive review of our national fight against drugs on both supply and demand sides." --Dr.Bennett, March 1989.
Did the WOD succeed in curbing supply or demand over the last 15 years?
If you say so. Actually, I never bothered to look it up. Where did you get your information?
And even if the supply increased 100-fold, if nobody's smoking it, who cares?
"Why pick 1993?"
That was the lowest point (4.6%). Usage was 6.2% in 1988 and 5.4% in 1990 (no data for 1989.)
"The vast majority of the fall had already occured by 1989, when Dr. William J. Bennett became the first cabinet level drug czar."
Yes indeedy. Your point being?
"Did the WOD succeed in curbing supply or demand over the last 15 years?"
I've been quoting a figure averaging 5% of the population using marijuana over the last 15 years. I would expect the supply to increase to keep up with the growth in population. If there was an explosive growth in supply, it hasn't been reflected in the number of users.
Either that "explosive growth" is sitting around getting moldy, or current users are smoking more. But I would like to see your numbers.