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Fusion_power · 2003-08-18, 03:05

Established fact: Some people are genetically predisposed to drug use i.e. addictive behavior.

Given their predisposition to become users, still only a small percentage go on to become hard drug users. I'm not just saying this on my own knowledge, rather from the context of trying to help an employee deal with his addictions. He was addicted to just about anything including marijuana, alcohol, and several hard drugs. He died as a result of liver failure about 4 years ago aged 41.

I would bet that an analysis of people who are hard drug users would turn up a very high correlation of other addictive behavior such as smoking, drinking, even abnormal sex addiction. I would further bet that soft drug use would only be correlated with hard drug use in the context of the genetic predisposition, in other words, a weak link.

My position is simple: a person who uses soft drugs is more likely to use hard drugs. Banning drugs will not stop people from using them.

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2003-08-18, 03:05	#23
Fusion_power Aug 2003 Snicker, AL 7·137 Posts	Established fact: Some people are genetically predisposed to drug use i.e. addictive behavior. Given their predisposition to become users, still only a small percentage go on to become hard drug users. I'm not just saying this on my own knowledge, rather from the context of trying to help an employee deal with his addictions. He was addicted to just about anything including marijuana, alcohol, and several hard drugs. He died as a result of liver failure about 4 years ago aged 41. I would bet that an analysis of people who are hard drug users would turn up a very high correlation of other addictive behavior such as smoking, drinking, even abnormal sex addiction. I would further bet that soft drug use would only be correlated with hard drug use in the context of the genetic predisposition, in other words, a weak link. My position is simple: a person who uses soft drugs is more likely to use hard drugs. Banning drugs will not stop people from using them.