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Re:Do Psychedelic Drug Laws Violate Human Rights? by 8_hours_ago on Monday March 07, 2016 @04:47PM (#11241991)
Devil's advocate: If your drug use results in you losing your job and becoming dependent on welfare, you will be a burden on society and the rest of us will have to pay more taxes to provide you with health care and treatment.
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Re:Do Psychedelic Drug Laws Violate Human Rights? by pantalaimon on Monday March 07, 2016 @05:17PM (#11242189)
> If your drug use results in you losing your job and becoming dependent on welfare, you will be a burden on society and the rest of us will have to pay more taxes to provide you with health care and treatment.

What if reading hacker news at work results in you losing your job and becoming dependent on welfare, should we outlaw news sites?

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Re:Do Psychedelic Drug Laws Violate Human Rights? by goldbrick on Monday March 07, 2016 @05:50PM (#11242384)
Devil's counter-advocate: treatment is many times cheaper than criminalization and leads to fewer addicts as well.
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Re:Do Psychedelic Drug Laws Violate Human Rights? by guard-of-terra on Monday March 07, 2016 @05:05PM (#11242112)
So stop paying welfare; switch to basic income.
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Re:Do Psychedelic Drug Laws Violate Human Rights? by atom-morgan on Monday March 07, 2016 @06:33PM (#11242575)
And that's one reason not to support government welfare.
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