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2019-10-26 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Meth driving overdose deaths in West, fentanyl still nation's top killer
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Posted by Skidmark 2019-10-26 07:52|| || Front Page|| [2 views ]  Top

#1 Obviously there are problems with these substances. BUT...

Personally, I've decided that any time someone wants to ban something they instantly lose my attention. Goes for lightbulbs, drugs, dishwashers that use electricity and actually clean dishes, powdered alcohol, whatever. It's never a solution to anything. Just cheap window dressing. Regulate if you must, but if all you can think of is a ban then you're simply out of ideas.
Posted by Iblis 2019-10-26 12:48||   2019-10-26 12:48|| Front Page Top

#2 People take drugs of their own free will and die from it. Seems like the problem solves itself why all the fuss?
Posted by jpal 2019-10-26 15:22||   2019-10-26 15:22|| Front Page Top

#3 Until they die, they are probably part of the liberal 'revolution' against everything good. If youth can be kept away from mind-numbing chemicals, it could become possible to make them bearable if not productive members of society.

Also, I'll bet more than half of the sexual assaults on small children, rage murders and petty crimes can be attributed to elements that are users.

But of course, it can't be stopped anymore. We can just control the quantity of traffic and dealers, on the good days. Keeping people away from drugs is more of a job for family than State really. The churches are a disappointment, so are schools. Hollywood would come and give you blow for free if it could. The only thing that can fight this is family and self worth.
Posted by Dron66046 2019-10-26 21:25||   2019-10-26 21:25|| Front Page Top

#4 ^ post of the day.
Family is the bulwark of civilized society.
That which undermines or degrades families must be resisted or made unattractive by a combination of incentives, punishments, deprivations etc.
And vice-versa.

Btw much of our hyper-capitalist, Darwinian culture is anti-family as well.

Ni Marx Ni Rand.
Posted by Lex 2019-10-26 22:20||   2019-10-26 22:20|| Front Page Top

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