Private Prisons Are Behind the Push for Homeless Criminalization

Re:Private Prisons Are Behind the Push for Homeless Criminal... by Manu40 on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @09:03AM (#33162863)

Fair enough, as far as opposite experience goes.

Up here, doctors are notoriously difficult to get any kind of opiate from now unless you REALLY need it. Which in turn I would say has led to people relying on the grey market more and more, which has in turn led to our fentanyl crisis.

So I don't entirely disagree with you here, but I still don't want government being able to tax these things. We need a better solution.

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Re:Private Prisons Are Behind the Push for Homeless Criminal... by afiori on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @10:47AM (#33163987)

You might find this post interesting:

> https://slatestarcodex.com/2019/09/16/against-against-pseudo...

It is about what can go wrong when "doctors are notoriously difficult to get any kind of opiate from now unless you REALLY need it".

It is been a while since I read it, I don't remember whether it touches on homelessness.

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Re:Private Prisons Are Behind the Push for Homeless Criminal... by f38zf5vdt on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @01:10PM (#33165903)

The government doesn't tax them here. They're free, because the cost of the drugs is less than the cost of the crime prevented by just giving them out.

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