High IQ May Lead To Possible Use Of Illegal Drugs (government, problems)
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Those with higher IQs are more likely to experiment with illegal drugs, according to this study over 3 decades.
People with higher IQs are more open and curious.
I've never personally tried any illegal drugs, but most of my friends have experimented when they were younger. Only a few, though, continued to habitually use drugs. I think that experimentation is natural, especially when you are young and have less to lose if caught, but that at some point a person weighs the risks against the benefits. In our society, the risks can be substantial, that's not true in other cultures.
In my opinion the very worst drug of them all, the one that causes the most damage in our society by a country mile is ALCOHOL.
The fact that booze is legal and weed is not has bred 2 generations of people who have nothing but contempt for the law of the land.
The huge problem this creates is this contempt spills over to a more general contempy of the law.
I've observed this for 40 years or so now and if anything it's getting worse.
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