The US military is, if anything, serious about understanding cause and effect. They studied and learned about drug addiction during and after the Viet Nam war.
What they found might seem counterintuitive. Addicted soldiers could break the habit easily once they returned home. Of course this is an oversimplification, but the idea is that circumstance has a lot to do with behavior.
Given that, if you don't change the circumstances, then changing the details (criminalization, penalties) won't change the behavior.
WHY are people using drugs (or alcohol, as many of us do?) What is being avoided or intentionally clouded?
The US military is, if anything, serious about understanding cause and effect. They studied and learned about drug addiction during and after the Viet Nam war.
What they found might seem counterintuitive. Addicted soldiers could break the habit easily once they returned home. Of course this is an oversimplification, but the idea is that circumstance has a lot to do with behavior.
Given that, if you don't change the circumstances, then changing the details (criminalization, penalties) won't change the behavior.
WHY are people using drugs (or alcohol, as many of us do?) What is being avoided or intentionally clouded?