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I have lived in Brooklyn and I have lived in Berkeley while my wife was in college before medical school.

Tel Aviv is not much different; perhaps less because there is drug testing in the military and the draft get essentially all at 18.

I strongly oppose drug use.

I am well aware of what harder drugs do to people and families.

But certain people (regardless of country) are morons and there is little we can do (as a government) to stop them.

Pretty much have to treat it like alcohol: regulate it, tax it, have laws related to dangerious behavior (e.g., driving), but banning just does not work -— it just creates a black market, a scary police force, and costs a bunch of money.

And mind you, I despise druggies (which is a distinction from many libertarians, who are really libertines).

I think drug users are weak and selfish people who are a drag on society and a danger to others.

I am just practical, and think the best solution to the drug abuse is a regulation model more like booze.