Denver considering decriminalizing 'shrooms

[dead0man]

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Why are Americans, unique among the world, so dependent on mood altering substances to function? I do not mean just alcohol (the only people who outdrink Americans are Brits), or even typical "hard" or "street" drugs, but drugs of all type. The US population equates cannabis to "freedom" and is the world's greatest per capita consumer of this product. The US permits codeine to be sold OTC where in most countries you need a prescription. The medications that we force feed to livestock is just obscene. This country needs a detox.

you seem uptight.  Here, take this, quick!

[dead0man]

cite
1.Belarus
4.Russia
14.Poland
16.Finland
17.S.Korea
18.France
25.UK
40.Canada
48.US

[dead0man]

cite
1.Belarus
4.Russia
14.Poland
16.Finland
17.S.Korea
18.France
25.UK
40.Canada
48.US

The only actually oversight of mine is South Korea. Otherwise, on lists like this I never compare Americans to eastern Europeans and Russians on measures of social dysfunction. Seems superfluous to.

France and Canada?.......and ones I didn't list...Portugal, Germany, Ireland (obviously), Denmark, Spain, South Africa, New Zealand, Switzerland, Austria, Greece, Netherlands, Chile and Argentina are all higher drinkers than the US (plus many others still).

American's are NOT big drinkers when compared to the rest of the world.  I'm dubious of the "we're the most drugged place" too, but there just aren't any good numbers for that for obvious reasons.  We certainly like our recreational drugs, but I don't think we're any different from a lot of places on that point.  I'd be happy to see proof otherwise though.

[dead0man]

I didn't know Portugal, France, Australia, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Belgium, New Zealand, Switzerland, Austria, Canada, and the Netherlands were in Eastern Europe. Sounds more like most of Europe and the entire Anglosphere to me...

maybe his point was that we drink more than places that drink less than us?