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Old 07-19-19, 06:22 PM   #15
PurpleCow
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Originally Posted by Rockstar View Post
One only need look at U.S. in late the 1800's and early 1900's too see the reason why authorities intervened and began to govern drug use and its availability. There are somethings that need be governed because most people left to their own devices will abuse things like that and they will do so without concern for themselves or anyone else. Heck, look at the current opioid crisis and you will see what I mean. They too had a freedom to choose and that drug quickly took absolute control of their lives and it affected everyone else around them.
Spoken like a true authoritarian. Government knows best right? Hardly ... all government has the "right" to do is to hold people accountable for the consequences of their actions. Steal to feed a drug habit, then go to jail. Plain and simple. Drink and drive, go to jail and stay there for a few years. Plain and simple. The "opioid epidemic" is a manufactured "crisis" by the DEA and other goons who want control over others. It is also not an "epidemic" or a "disease". Don't want to get addicted to drugs? .. then stop using them ... again plain and simple. If people overdose then it is just natural selection at work. Good riddance. Of course nothing these days is anyone's fault is it ... everything is a disease, a syndrome, but most of all nothing you brought on yourself.

Instead we are left with law enforcement and government that long ago forgot what it means to protect and serve. More like punish and control.

Let the Coast Guard go back to doing what they do best .... SAR and securing our littoral borders. Disband the DEA, ATF, FBI and any other law enforcement agency not directly elected by the people.
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