Seems to me like the conversation shouldn't be about one drug vs. another, but rather about how certain socio-economic classes and race groups deal with substances in general, what roles those substances play, the power dynamics surrounding supply and consumption, etc.
All of the same issues that make heroin use in some European countries negligible and, at the same time, legal.
That said, I didn't read your piece yet so my apologies if I'm preaching to the choir. Methinks your book will be a good reason to pick up my Kindle again.
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Seems to me like the conversation shouldn't be about one drug vs. another, but rather about how certain socio-economic classes and race groups deal with substances in general, what roles those substances play, the power dynamics surrounding supply and consumption, etc.
All of the same issues that make heroin use in some European countries negligible and, at the same time, legal.
That said, I didn't read your piece yet so my apologies if I'm preaching to the choir. Methinks your book will be a good reason to pick up my Kindle again.
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