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Re:We are sending more foster kids to prison than to college by asphaltycode on Monday January 18, 2021 @02:32PM (#25825575)
You still need criminalization as a “stick” to either get people into rehab or not take these drugs at all.
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Re:We are sending more foster kids to prison than to college by athms on Monday January 18, 2021 @08:08PM (#25828788)
Criminalization doesn't work. We have known this for decades. Destroying people's lives perpetuates the problem. Treat drug addiction as a public health issue and it needs to go hand-in-hand with poverty reduction.
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