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I did write the words "70 years", about the entire War on Drugs, so that includes the entire cocaine era of the 70s and 80s and the crack era of the 80s and 90s - during which, I assure you, addiction rates were not "low". It's not just that consumption went up, it's that the price of a gram of cocaine dropped from $500 in 1977 to $200 in 1988, indicating that supply was, um, high.
I did write the words "70 years", about the entire War on Drugs, so that includes the entire cocaine era of the 70s and 80s and the crack era of the 80s and 90s - during which, I assure you, addiction rates were not "low". It's not just that consumption went up, it's that the price of a gram of cocaine dropped from $500 in 1977 to $200 in 1988, indicating that supply was, um, high.