According to the drug laws of this country, over 50% of Americans have committed a crime. Whether they've ever been apprehended or not is a different matter. The US is a criminalized society. It's also a society that affords minors considerable protection for criminal acts, compared to adults. Considering that the retail end of the illic…
According to the drug laws of this country, over 50% of Americans have committed a crime. Whether they've ever been apprehended or not is a different matter. The US is a criminalized society. It's also a society that affords minors considerable protection for criminal acts, compared to adults. Considering that the retail end of the illicit drugs trade is handled by minors, that situation adds up to a considerable amount of influence within youth culture and peer group society, and that influence continues into adulthood. Its extent is influenced considerably by household economic status, educational achievement, and occupational success in adult world. But criminal influence has become pervasive in American society and culture, to some degree or another. Not just in the "inner city."
Not that you've given any evidence of having any familiarity with either drug users or developmental psychology measurements, but there's no direct correlation between illicit drug use and "IQ." The occupations with the highest rate of illicit drugs use include medical students, medical professionals, legal professionals- and police.
According to the drug laws of this country, over 50% of Americans have committed a crime. Whether they've ever been apprehended or not is a different matter. The US is a criminalized society. It's also a society that affords minors considerable protection for criminal acts, compared to adults. Considering that the retail end of the illicit drugs trade is handled by minors, that situation adds up to a considerable amount of influence within youth culture and peer group society, and that influence continues into adulthood. Its extent is influenced considerably by household economic status, educational achievement, and occupational success in adult world. But criminal influence has become pervasive in American society and culture, to some degree or another. Not just in the "inner city."
Not that you've given any evidence of having any familiarity with either drug users or developmental psychology measurements, but there's no direct correlation between illicit drug use and "IQ." The occupations with the highest rate of illicit drugs use include medical students, medical professionals, legal professionals- and police.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6149012/
https://www.therecoveryvillage.com/drug-addiction/professions-highest-rate-abuse/