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Originally posted by Blackeagle
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Drugs DO offer harm to others besides the user, that is the whole point.
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But is this harm
necessarily a consequence of the drug use? Could this harm be explained in any other way? Can you say that every auto accident where alcohol is involved that the alcohol use is the certain cause of the accident? What if I get back-ended on the freeway after having a few beers (I really don't drink beer, btw). Am I at fault? I guarantee that I will be hauled off to the pokey, regardless.
Does this harm occur in
all applications of the drug use? Should the actions of a minority dictate the response to the majority?
Is this harm a consequence of the drug use, or it's relative expense/unavailability? See prohibition. "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it" - Georges Santayana.
The key here is responsibility - taking responsibilty, fully, for the things we do, as opposed to the things we
might do. I, for one, do not stipulate the governments ability to foretell the future.
If the consequences for actual misdeeds were stiff and sure, the actions leading to those misdeeds might give one reason to pause and reflect, eh?
Bob