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Originally Posted by CGYTransplant
They're largely blind to the role they themselves play in this whole thing...yes, maybe Mrs. Soccer Mom gets her drugs from Martha down the block, but at the base of things, it's the gangs that are importing and distributing it along the line, and they're playing a part in driving that cycle.
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I read that article, and I thought it was an excellent use of circular logic - "if only people wouldn't use drugs, there'd be no drug problem!" Wow, and if nobody drove, there'd be no automobile accidents either! Can I be a Sun reporter too?
There will always be a demand for drugs, so demonizing the users, while no doubt morally satisfying, is ultimately useless. Cheap pleasure - even with serious drawbacks - is always going to appeal to people and the only way to curb demand of illegal drugs is to undercut that demand with legal and safer alternatives.