We don't know. There are many, many narratives.
The point is that drug policy is not targeted towards harm reduction or safety, but towards the demonization of the drugs, which means there's possible improvement if we stop doing that.
The point is that drug policy is not targeted towards harm reduction or safety, but towards the demonization of the drugs, which means there's possible improvement if we stop doing that.
It keeps the number of drug addicts low and then makes the harm and safety problem less important at the same time?
The problem with demonization in general is that it requires willing suspension of disbelief, which is brittle.
Please remember also that Nixon's original WOD happened because lots of young people were coming back from 'Nam strung out.
It's quite possible that we saw a bunch of boys coming back "strung out" from the most psychologically damaging war in the country's history, not smoking pot.
Ugh, who cares about "narratives"? We have science to tell us which narrative is correct and which isn't, and for the most commonly used recreational drugs, we do know.