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Re:Not-Such-Better-Living Through Chemistry by djha-skin on Saturday January 07, 2023 @10:24AM (#34288818)
This implies that the dangerous production is the fault of the government. It is the fault of those who want to produce it. They are making bad choices. A responsible government should not make it easy to make bad choices.
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Re:Not-Such-Better-Living Through Chemistry by anonymoushn on Saturday January 07, 2023 @10:42AM (#34289025)
Sure, and prohibition also didn't cause any harm to people who didn't drink, mandating the addition of poison to rubbing alcohol using legislation doesn't cause anyone to be poisoned, etc.
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Re:Not-Such-Better-Living Through Chemistry by nibbleshifter on Saturday January 07, 2023 @10:29AM (#34288865)
You are implying there is anything inherently bad about amphetamines.
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Re:Not-Such-Better-Living Through Chemistry by uptownJimmy on Saturday January 07, 2023 @10:53AM (#34289161)
"They are making bad choices."

This sort of reductionist, simplistic "reasoning" is going to be the death of us all.

Trying to find a moral failing in every human weakness, every human ignorance, every human desperation? It's just disgusting.

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