# Old Drugs in New America (Opium Wars 2.0)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-drugs-in-new-america-opium-wars-2-0/691043>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [June 18, 2014, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-drugs-in-new-america-opium-wars-2-0/691043 "2014-06-18T07:19:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2014, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-drugs-in-new-america-opium-wars-2-0/691043/21 "2014-06-19T02:08:11Z")

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> [@Ambivalid](#):
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> Where is all this **stupid** coming from lately? 😕

Uhm, the internet?

The conventional wisdom for golfers is that tress are “90% air”. Well, the internet is 90% stupid.

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**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2014, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-drugs-in-new-america-opium-wars-2-0/691043/22 "2014-06-19T02:57:32Z")

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The crazy thing is that if he just wanted traffic for his YouTube video he probably could have started a discussion about comedy in Cafe Society and linked to his channel there, whereupon people would have happily discussed it. But no… he has to spam Great Debates then get huffy when people want to, you know, _have a debate_ about the topic posted.

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**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2014, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-drugs-in-new-america-opium-wars-2-0/691043/23 "2014-06-19T03:29:18Z")

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> [@Jonathan\_Chance](#):
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> OK, so I’m going to leave this thread open for the moment because there’s a germ of a debate here.

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> [@BrainGlutton](#):
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> Cite for anyone doing that?

😉

For the record, I’m quite fond of mood-altering drugs. I think a lot of people are, which explains their popularity. But that’s an opinion, not a debate, so I got nuttin’, **Jon**.

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