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Originally Posted by Wormius
I am just saying none of those make anybody feel particularly unsafe, so why is anybody feeling unsafe about people doing other drugs?
I'd still be interested in the stats of how many unprovoked attacks on strangers occur that justify elevated concerns of safety around the trains. I am wondering why I don't feel as scared as other people seem to be.
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Based on your profile location, you're used to it.
Seriously though, I think the average person is familiar enough with alcohol and weed to recognize a potential problem or threat. Like, we can all recognize a drunk and pretty accurately assess if they're likely to be aggressive or violent.
On the other hand, the average person is far less familiar with harder drugs, the users and the potential effects. It may be at least partly based on stereotypes, but I don't think it's unreasonable that the average person is more afraid of a meth-head (oops) at a C-Train station than the example of the construction worker cracking a beer on the train. I can't believe that argument was made.
