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Re:The war on drugs is a broken business model by chimeracoder on Saturday October 12, 2013 @12:07PM (#6539181)
There's a very sad story of a kid who told his DARE teacher that he found a couple of joints in his parents' room.

This resulted in his parents being led away in handcuffs, and the children being taken away by social services, in tears. When he was asked about it, he said, "They told us that people who used drugs need help, and I just wanted my parents to get help."

http://www.tokeofthetown.com/2010/10/welcome_to_the_ussa_kid...

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Re:The war on drugs is a broken business model by rob05c on Saturday October 12, 2013 @02:49PM (#6539778)
In Nineteen Eighty-Four, the Junior Spies are critical to Minitrue's operation to uncover Thoughtcrime.

Hitlerjugend membership became mandatory for Aryans in 1936.

Indoctrinating children, and especially getting children to spy on their parents, is essential for dystopian governments to function.

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Re:The war on drugs is a broken business model by lostlogin on Saturday October 12, 2013 @11:20PM (#6541360)
Are you suggesting that the previous popes education was lacking?
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Re:The war on drugs is a broken business model by Lucy_karpova on Saturday October 12, 2013 @12:59PM (#6539356)
That's really sad...
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Re:The war on drugs is a broken business model by smsm42 on Saturday October 12, 2013 @05:22PM (#6540381)
I guess that would be a lesson to never trust people from the government claiming they're here to help. Too bad the pay for this lesson is a ruined life.
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