Clinton's foray into New England resulted in an outpouring of stories by voters about their problems with substance abuse or their family member's problems, or their... well, you get the idea.
http://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2015/08/14/432154800/at-clinton-event-an-emotional-conversation-on-substance-use
So, here are some interesting questions this revelation raises:
1. Should America be legalizing marijuana?
2. Has the War on Drugs been good or bad for America?
3. What are the root causes of all this drug abuse?
As to this last question, I am listening to Kearns-Goodwin's "The Bully Pulpit" in my car. Just this morning I listened to a section in which she noted the steep rise in anxiety and stress related health issues in the first years of the 20th century. Publisher JJ McClure had to take a year off from the magazine to take the cure in Europe. K-G hypothesizes that urbanization and the increased pace of American life were responsible for this "epidemic" of nervous breakdowns among professional and business men and socially active women.
How much more so today?!
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