I don’t know if I would go that far, since I count alcoholism as substance abuse, and I have known more than a few conservatives who were alcoholics, including my father. I guess I have never really looked at substance abuse along political lines, though I do identify a key difference: Liberals accept substance abuse and try to explain personal responsibility away to other root causes...bad childhood, etc...I think it is no mistake most people support programs for drug abuse are liberals, but that is more a function of government cheese jobs.
BTW...nice hearing from you AW, have a nice Thanksgiving!
Hey, rlmorel, a very happy Thanksgiving to you and family as well!
As to drug and alcohol abuse, the exceptions prove the rule. Like I said, I don’t have the research. But yes, the ones who not only don’t maintain themselves somehow, as your dad did, and who don’t recover but need frequent taxpayer-supported rehabs — are those likely to be conservatives? Possibly only the veterans who have PTSD as a primary wound.