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Re:New Orleans man locked up nearly 8 years awaiting trial, ... by int_19h on Wednesday November 15, 2017 @10:50PM (#15710143)
Drugs are either harmful or they're not.

If/when they demonstrably are, those laws should be enough.

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Re:New Orleans man locked up nearly 8 years awaiting trial, ... by kevin_thibedeau on Thursday November 16, 2017 @12:00AM (#15710352)
Aspirin is harmful. Water is harmful.
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Re:New Orleans man locked up nearly 8 years awaiting trial, ... by drdeca on Thursday November 16, 2017 @01:06AM (#15710557)
Presumably they meant in the way that it was being used in the situation being considered?
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Re:New Orleans man locked up nearly 8 years awaiting trial, ... by SomeStupidPoint on Wednesday November 15, 2017 @10:57PM (#15710166)
....Dosing has everything to do with how harmful something is.

Otherwise, the term overdosing wouldn't exist.

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