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Originally Posted by GordonBlue
maybe there isn't. not our business.
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You're totally right, it isn't our business.
It is however a reasonable question he can ask himself privately (or with a therapist). Really, we should all ask it. Doesn't need to be weed (or even a drug). If we have a pain in our lives we aren't managing, we'll find ways to cover it up. Maybe it's social media, shopping, eating garbage, fitness, dieting, sex, gambling... basically anything that gives us a bump that is overly difficult to put down is covering some discomfort. Finding that discomfort can be hugely gratifying. The chance that he (or any of us) doesn't have some pain to cover up is quite unlikely.
It was touched on in another post that I'll have to go back and check for reference (edit: SebC), but unchecked trauma is the elephant in the room here. People who suffer trauma (typically at an age when they're unable to process it) are more likely to react to these drugs by an order of magnitude.
There's an amazing book by Gabor Mate called In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts that made a great point: people ask what we can do right now for these people, and the sad truth is for the vast majority that bell has already been rung. What we need to do is for the addicts that are children, or haven't even been conceived yet. We need to decrease stress on families in dangerous situations so the events that lead to drug addiction can decrease.
That would take many things to accomplish, money being one factor, and ideally you could generate that money from profits from drug legalization.