Re:Predictive Policing Software Is Pretty Terrible at Predic...
by Eisenstein on Wednesday October 04, 2023 @05:58AM
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It isn't the typical use case because it is illegal. Going through the trouble of buying meth to help your self-diagnosed ADHD is not generally what people choose to do if they have access to a doctor who will prescribe them Adderall instead.
We have no idea how many people would be using it responsibly in other situations but the current one so your examples are flawed.
Just because it's legal, doesn't mean there's no victim.
>and I think it's pretty silly to say there's a victim when I have a beer at home after work.
This is getting into hair splitting territory. Meth has therapeutic value. It's available as a prescription drug under the name Desoxyn, and it's indicated for treating ADHD and obesity. It's possible for someone to get illegal meth and use it to self-medicate their ADHD responsibly, but that's not the typical use case. The typical use case is someone taking far above the therapeutic amount, getting tweaked out, and engaging in harmful behaviors that hurts them and their community. Sure, you could argue that using the drug itself isn't harmful because theoretically you could be using it responsibly, but it quickly leads to a slippery slope. Is driving drunk victimless, because if you don't crash nobody is harmed? Is violating health codes victim less as long as nobody gets sick?