holy ****, do I have statistics/studies??? Do you?? You're the one who made the assertion that drugs **** people up. But as it happens, yes, of course I do.
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/ne...979809971?sv=7e5ec32207b72c39b7c451a566ffa665
AUSTRALIA, a country of sports champions, innovators … and drug takers.
The nation has the inglorious distinction of having the highest proportion of recreational drug users in the world — an embarrassing new low, albeit from getting high.
Our collective craving for a hit is only set to heighten, with the number of drug users continuing to rise steadily.
The frightening statistics in the United Nation’s 2014 World Drug Report confirm
Australia as leading the world in the use of party drug ecstasy, third in methamphetamines and fourth in cocaine.
Of greater concern is the addiction to prescribed or black market opioids such as codeine and morphine. We rank second only to the US, with
3.1-3.6 per cent of people between 15 and 65 considered regular users, mostly women.
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/ne...979809971?sv=7e5ec32207b72c39b7c451a566ffa665
So yeah, despite being one of the highest drug taking populations in the world the amount of people who actually get "stuffed up" by drugs is miniscule. Tiny.
Feel free to provide proof of your assertions now. I won't hold my breath...
Just as an aside, here's what happens when you stop treating drugs as a moral and criminal issue:
http://mic.com/articles/110344/14-y...riminalized-all-drugs-here-s-what-s-happening