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Re:The threat of technological unemployment by sedachv on Tuesday December 27, 2016 @03:32PM (#13265957)
> I know I don't want parents/grandparents ODing on heroin in a parking lot with a child in the back of the car. [1] So where does society start to fix this?

1. Provide universal access to free abortions and contraception so that people who do not want to have children will not be forced into childbirth.

2. End the war on drugs so that people can have access to safe opiates and clean needless. When both are available at your liquor store for less than the cost of a six-pack of beer, you will find that suddenly addicts can both hold down a job because they do not have problems with withdrawal symptoms due to uncertain supply, and the violent and larceny crime rates plummet because affordability and price gouging by dealers is no longer an issue.

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Re:The threat of technological unemployment by tigershark on Wednesday December 28, 2016 @05:49AM (#13269727)
I hope that you can get an operation performed by a junkie doctor. Maybe then, if you survive, you will understand that their inability to have a job has nothing to do with the withdrawal.
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Re:The threat of technological unemployment by sedachv on Wednesday December 28, 2016 @03:25PM (#13273326)
There are magnitudes more alcoholic doctors and other professionals out there. By your logic we should be bringing back the prohibition.
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Re:The threat of technological unemployment by tigershark on Wednesday December 28, 2016 @03:47PM (#13273484)
Ah ok since there are already people that drink then let's make heroine, that is orders of magnitude worse than alcohol, legal. I tend to forget how many junkie-huggers there are on HN.
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