How We Protect At-Risk Kids.

[Doktor Howl]

If course, if you understand drug abuse as a symptom of social problems rather than as a cause, criminalizing it in the first place makes no sense at all.

If you understood that substance abuse is a public health problem, you'd understand that criminalizing it on some level is necessary.  Don't throw the book at addicts who need help, but you absolutely need to have penalties for those who feed the problem, the criminals bringing the shit in and selling it.

We should also criminalize strep throat.

That makes no sense whatsoever.

I know.  Neither does criminalizing weed.

[Anna Mae Bollocks]

If course, if you understand drug abuse as a symptom of social problems rather than as a cause, criminalizing it in the first place makes no sense at all.

If you understood that substance abuse is a public health problem, you'd understand that criminalizing it on some level is necessary.  Don't throw the book at addicts who need help, but you absolutely need to have penalties for those who feed the problem, the criminals bringing the shit in and selling it.

We should also criminalize strep throat.

Life without parole of they cough around children.

[Doktor Howl]

If course, if you understand drug abuse as a symptom of social problems rather than as a cause, criminalizing it in the first place makes no sense at all.

If you understood that substance abuse is a public health problem, you'd understand that criminalizing it on some level is necessary.  Don't throw the book at addicts who need help, but you absolutely need to have penalties for those who feed the problem, the criminals bringing the shit in and selling it.

We should also criminalize strep throat.

Life without parole of they cough around children.

Maybe "diversion", if they're white enough and rich enough.  But they still get a felony hung around their necks if it's type A.  Misdemeanor if it's type B.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

If course, if you understand drug abuse as a symptom of social problems rather than as a cause, criminalizing it in the first place makes no sense at all.

If you understood that substance abuse is a public health problem, you'd understand that criminalizing it on some level is necessary.  Don't throw the book at addicts who need help, but you absolutely need to have penalties for those who feed the problem, the criminals bringing the shit in and selling it.

We should also criminalize sex.

Don't throw the book at addicts who need help, but you absolutely need to have penalties for those who feed the problem, the criminals trafficking in human bodies.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I didn't see that in the article anywhere.

It was in the article I posted, which you didn't read.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

If course, if you understand drug abuse as a symptom of social problems rather than as a cause, criminalizing it in the first place makes no sense at all.

Unless you need a huge pool of very cheap labor.

DING DING DING DING DING

[Doktor Howl]

I didn't see that in the article anywhere.

It was in the article I posted, which you didn't read.

SHOCK SETS IN.

[AFK]

If course, if you understand drug abuse as a symptom of social problems rather than as a cause, criminalizing it in the first place makes no sense at all.

If you understood that substance abuse is a public health problem, you'd understand that criminalizing it on some level is necessary.  Don't throw the book at addicts who need help, but you absolutely need to have penalties for those who feed the problem, the criminals bringing the shit in and selling it.

We should also criminalize strep throat.

That makes no sense whatsoever.

I know.  Neither does criminalizing weed.

It does if you understand public health.  Marijuana isn't benign to the health of communities.  It just isn't.

[AFK]

I didn't see that in the article anywhere.

It was in the article I posted, which you didn't read.

My response was to Dok's post, not yours.

[AFK]

If course, if you understand drug abuse as a symptom of social problems rather than as a cause, criminalizing it in the first place makes no sense at all.

If you understood that substance abuse is a public health problem, you'd understand that criminalizing it on some level is necessary.  Don't throw the book at addicts who need help, but you absolutely need to have penalties for those who feed the problem, the criminals bringing the shit in and selling it.

We should also criminalize sex.

Don't throw the book at addicts who need help, but you absolutely need to have penalties for those who feed the problem, the criminals trafficking in human bodies.

Uh, there are crimes associated with sex.  I hope I don't have to list them off for you.

[Doktor Howl]

If course, if you understand drug abuse as a symptom of social problems rather than as a cause, criminalizing it in the first place makes no sense at all.

If you understood that substance abuse is a public health problem, you'd understand that criminalizing it on some level is necessary.  Don't throw the book at addicts who need help, but you absolutely need to have penalties for those who feed the problem, the criminals bringing the shit in and selling it.

We should also criminalize strep throat.

That makes no sense whatsoever.

I know.  Neither does criminalizing weed.

It does if you understand public health.  Marijuana isn't benign to the health of communities.  It just isn't.

Are you suggesting that strep throat is?

[AFK]

Strep throat has individual impacts, drug abuse has environmental impacts.  (Please note in this usage of the term environment =\= trees)

[Doktor Howl]

Strep throat has individual impacts, drug abuse has environmental impacts.

Strep throat:  Not communicable.   

[AFK]

I didn't say that.  But strep throat is only going to directly impact those who have it.  Drug abuse impacts people who aren't abusing the drugs.

[Doktor Howl]

I didn't say that.

Yes you did.

Strep throat has individual impacts, drug abuse has environmental impacts.

And

Drug abuse impacts people who aren't abusing the drugs.

So does booze.  BRING BACK THE VOLSTEAD ACT!