The problem with alcohol and nicotine is that they are highly addictive. Then look at Britain, where young people meet early to have the first drink and then drink until they’re having trouble walking home. Look at France, where almost everybody drinks wine, and almost noone gets drunk. A society has to develop a set of rules, a culture of drinking.

That goes for all drugs: everything from cannabis, nicotine, alcohol to prozac and cocaine.

for instance.ĭrugs are one of the things that society has to be mature enought to use. Or maybe they are coping but via strange and artificial means: pubs have to close at 11pm. I’m living in England now, and here they can’t even cope with the alcohol problem. I guess the answer has to be: they will legalize them when they themselves really do become civilized. So the question continues to be: when will civilized countries legalize the use of drugs (esp. Hey, here’s an interesting statistic for you: 99% of British bank notes in circulation contain traces of cocaine…