[GLDNGUN]

Addiction to cocaine and opiates was substantially higher in 2000 than it was in 1900 when they were still legal, if the usdoj is to be believed

And just to make sure I understand you what you are saying...we have a serious drug problem in this country...and if make drugs legal and cheaper...we'll have fewer addicts. Is that truly your argument?

[Ken H]

And just to make sure I understand you what you are saying...we have a serious drug problem in this country...and if make drugs legal and cheaper...we'll have fewer addicts. Is that truly your argument?

That is not my argument. I only showed a correlation, not necessarily a causal relation.

I'm arguing that a hundred years of drug prohibition cannot be shown to have lowered addiction rates in the US.