Why should we keep popular recreational use drugs illegal?

[Wolf333]

@UltraVires

But heroin (and nicotine) are the opposite. Something like 90 plus percent of people become addicted to those substances after they begin using them. It is the rare person, probably 1 in 10, who can take or leave cigarettes, just smoking one here and there on occasion (cigars are a bit different because a smoker typically does not inhale).

try.

That’s funny, every cite I found put it closer to 25% than 90%. What was your source for that number?

[eschereal]

This is an interesting first-hand account of heroin use and dependency. I know, Cracked, but they do not seem to be devoted to satire, and they have been known to put out some seriously good material.

[andros]

Thank you for posting that link! I remember being astonished and grateful for it at the time, and I hope more people read and grok it.