one of the most amusing sequences of headlines I saw last year was

Weed to become legal in ## of states

Next headline

Obama wonders why the youth work participation rate is falling.

now put on your thinking cap and see if there just could be a link.

Drugs destroy lives. For the few that can limit themselves and have the odd night out there are legions living in squalor who spend every waking moment thinking about where they can get the money to score the next. The question should be how can we stop becoming the latter.