I'd call the (im)possibility of producing a fatal overdose a characteristic of a drug.
I guess so. Yet you favor the legalization of heroin.
How is that relevant to the author's moronic claim that "The characteristics of cannabis are no longer that different from those of other plant-based drugs, such as cocaine and heroin"? Do you agree with that claim?
Actually, Ken H has shown that drug addiction is higher in war-on-drug meccas like Singapore than it is in the USA.
KenH being the foremost expert on the subject, or a way for you to make a claim without taking responsibility for it?
Ken H having collected and presented the data. (Doesn't make him the "foremost" expert ... but more so than either of us.)
KenH is comparing two different cultures and claiming significance.
I think Ken H is pointing out that cross-cultural evidence does not support the idea that "drug control works." But unlike you, I don't presume to put words in Ken H's mouth.
Which might be significant if the author stated, "The characteristics of cannabis are no longer that different from those of other plant-based drugs, such as cocaine and heroin."
Go away.
"I think Ken H is pointing out that cross-cultural evidence does not support the idea that "drug control works."
How do you conclude that from "drug addiction is higher"? Drug control in Singapore could very well be working, just that drug addiction in Singapore is higher than in the U.S.
Heroin addiction is higher in Baltimore than in Chicago. What does that have to do with our drug control laws?