During the Vietnam War... Troops drug taking was endemic... Such that the US gov expected a massive drug problem from returning soldiers
Never happened... As stress was removed and the quality of life improved the need to take drugs dropped
Same everywhere as the quality of life improves, crime drops, drug taking drops, health improves especially mental health improves and suicides drops etc
The Role of Government is not to perpetuate austerity and enact cuts but to improve the quality of life and remove external stress for it's population not just the wealthy, the land owners, landlords etc
You cannot cut your way to improve the quality of life
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