I'm only 40 years old, so no. I came of age in the midst of the DARE era. I just read a lot of philosophy and sociology[1] and synthesize them. It's always strange that HN seems to slightly favor philosophy, but tends to see sociology highly unfavorably.

It's not difficult to draw a line between social reproduction and drug policy; what's difficult is to convince people that it exists.

1. Specifically social ontology, various constructivist texts, and frame analysis.