[panzagl]

I do wonder how and why we're supposed to get people into treatment if drugs aren't illegal- "Hi citizen I noticed you're enjoying a legal activity with deleterious long term effects. Please take this pamphlet with a list of treatment centers and voluntarily enroll." It's worked so well with tobacco and alcohol.

[maxerickson]

It has worked out with tobacco, quite well.

http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/tables/trends/cig...

[wil421]

Alcohol problems have seemed to take a downward trend in recent decades as well. Although it looks like pregnant women are drinking more!

http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/Social/Module1Epidemi...