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Re:To revive Portland, officials seek to ban public drug use by Dweller1622 on Tuesday December 12, 2023 @06:40PM (#38620422)
> Loosely, addiction can be useful-- the thrill seekers[...]

This seems like a strange conception of addiction, unless we aren't seriously comparing mountain climbing with heroin. If we are then I wonder what utility the classification of addiction is actually supposed to provide to us.

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Re:To revive Portland, officials seek to ban public drug use by anon373839 on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @08:04AM (#38626730)
If an argument is conceivable, there is always at least one HNer who will feel compelled to make it.
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