Brandt K.Post Thanks / Like - 1 Likes, 1 Thanks, 0 Dislikestrashmanssd liked this posttrashmanssd thanked for this post
I wonder what their solution would be for sex addicts in Canada?
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I dunno...plenty of people function quite well despite being addicted to really potent opiates as long as they can get their fixes (e.g., cancer patients). I myself would legalize *every drug* and let (adult) people make their own decisions about such stuff so LE/courts can focus on crimes that actually involve victims.
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My initial view is yours but the problems is these people just do not do it quietly (kill themselves off) as with the case of the husband and wife that OD on heroin with a child in the car. They end up messing up others lives as well in many ways (stealing, endangering or killing others such as drunk driving). I do not think possession of drugs should mean prison which insures they are life time criminals when you see people of actual violent crimes get off.
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512detail- Yeah, I pretty much self-ID as "Libertarian" these days given what`s happened to my GOP (and the Libertarians finally distancing themselves from the Pedophilic [individuals], that had been a deal-breaker for me).
Bunky- Yow, that "quietly..kill themselves off" hit me close to home, given my friend Rachel`s recent death from an OD!
But I`ll agree completely about all the folks nodding off in vehicles...no different from Drunk Drivers passing out at the wheel IMO. Irresponsible is irresponsible, and I have no more tolerance for that than you do. I just don`t always see things like Drug Use as being *inheritently* or categorically irresponsible.
My point is that if they could get/use the drugs without having to be "outside of society" to do so, everybody`d be better off. Still have to make sure people don`t do stupid stuff while using all right, we sure don`t need more [individuals] turning vehicles into lethal weapons.
OK, why do I beat this topic to death? Disclosure/specific-to-me observation: My late Mother suffered severely from Cancer for years, my favorite Aunt too (in the latter case it was *decades*). The MDs expected both to die quickly but nope, they just stayed alive somehow, astounding the experts. No question those two were addicted to some really potent opiates for a *long* time. Yet they functioned quite well. Drove with no problems (once they acclimated to the effects), stayed mentally sharp as tacks, accomplished more than many "straight"/healthy folks every single day. My Aunt served as a primary caregiver for another Aunt while this was going on, talk about remaining responsible while "fixing" on a regular basis! It`s *ALWAYS* just a matter of Personal Responsibility in my book and to me the whole "war on drugs" is just a) a $-making racket, and/or b) judgemental [individuals] trying to impose their values on others.
[Accumulator climbs down off soapbox ]
Ok, guys. What`s wrong with this?
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