Taking cocaine does not imply you'll become an addict and it will control your life. Many high functioning drug users never get in trouble with drug use, but we never hear those stories.
People can become alcoholics, and some people are more susceptible to it, that doesn't make everyone an alcoholic.
A much more effective strategy is education and regulated legal supply. People require licenses to sell, and potentially to use, and tax the harms in order to provide health resources for the people that do get in trouble.
People can become alcoholics, and some people are more susceptible to it, that doesn't make everyone an alcoholic.
A much more effective strategy is education and regulated legal supply. People require licenses to sell, and potentially to use, and tax the harms in order to provide health resources for the people that do get in trouble.
It'll be cheaper, and fewer people will die.