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^^I think lack of appropriate education is one of the reasons for drug abuse. And booze abuse, as we (the country) seem unable to penetrate the binge mentality that's deeply ingrained over here.
Surely fear of anything is often perpetuated/exaggerated by a lack of education - whether this takes the form of statutory intervention or more experienced friends or mentors or whatever? Most phobias (and I'm including social phobias like racism, sexism, and homophobia) are driven by fear. The condition has its place as a primal fight/flight sensation, but when it's allowed to smother people's habitual intellectual processes, it's ugly. And it smells bad too.