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Re:In effect, Seattle is decriminalizing the use of hard drugs by sukilot on Friday August 23, 2019 @02:29PM (#20780866)
The War of Drugs, like most things, is abused by the rich and powerful.

But would you seriously look a Black mother or father in their face and tell her that her child is dead (and they are broke) because he freed himself from the oppressive Puritanical culture and enjoyed drugging himself to death and stealing their resources to feed his addiction?

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Re:In effect, Seattle is decriminalizing the use of hard drugs by thomascgalvin on Friday August 23, 2019 @03:50PM (#20781859)
My point is that those puritanical beliefs create grieving parents, because we seek to punish addicts instead of treating them.

America sees addiction as a moral failing which can be flagellated away, not as a medical condition requiring treatment.

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