Editing Recreational drug use (section)

===Responsible use===
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Responsible drug use advocates that users should not take drugs at the same time as activities such as driving, swimming, operating machinery, or other activities that are unsafe without a sober state. Responsible drug use is emphasized as a primary prevention technique in harm-reduction drug policies. Harm-reduction policies were popularized in the late 1980s, although they began in the 1970s counter-culture, through cartoons explaining responsible drug use and the consequences of irresponsible drug use to users.<ref>{{cite book | vauthors = Faupel CE, Horowitz AM, Weaver GS | title = The Sociology of American Drug Use | date = 2004 | publisher = McGraw-Hill Higher Education | location = Boston | isbn = 978-0-07-240683-2 | pages = 366 }}</ref> Another issue is that the illegality of drugs causes social and economic consequences for users—the drugs may be "cut" with adulterants and the purity varies wildly, making overdoses more likely—and legalization of drug production and distribution could reduce these and other dangers of illegal drug use.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.economist.com/printedition/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=13237193 |title=Failed states and failed policies, How to stop the drug wars |access-date=10 March 2009 |date=5 March 2009 |newspaper=The Economist}}</ref>