I told you before. This thread is about legalizing smack, crack and meth. Not banning alcohol. You're trying to divert the discussion.
Oh for chris'sake.
You are the one who's been ranting nd raving about alcohol and tobacco since your first post. We aren't the ones who got that discussion going, all we're doing is trying to get you to explain your views, that
you brought up.
And a drug addict isn't [a victim]?
McHrozni
Of course a drug addict is a victim. He or she may be a victim of his or her own stupidity or ignorance, but I would say having your life ruined qualifies you as a victim in my eyes. This doesn't change the fact that taking up use of narcotics, tobacco or alcohol is a free choice.
It's funny, really. I have, as I've said, voluntered for three quarters of a year for people selling street magazines. Only once have I heard a drug addict state that it wasn't his or her fault he or she became an addict. Well, there is this one girl I met on Facebook, but she started drinking when she was 10, and you can't really expect kids to know much about the ramifications of such choices at that age. Those two exceptions aside, the only people I hear saying that "it's not you fault if you become an addict"... are people who have probably never touched the stuff, and don't know anyone who have.
How much do you think it's going to cost to keep all the addicts, plus the new pool of them you've just created, supplied with high quality, pure gear? Gonna pull that money out of a hat are you? Gotta pay for it to be produced. Gotta pay people to work in crack factories. Better keep that gear flowing nice and good too. I hear addicts can get pretty nasty when they don't get their fix.
How do you get the money? Same way you get money for any other industry, from carpets to cars to chocolate. You sell the products.
Edit: and don't give me any of that "can't hold down a job" ********. The addicts who have the selling of street magazines as their job in Bergen show up at the publishing house when they open at 10 in the morning, buy their magazines, and go out to sell them on the street. One of them told me that they consider themselves lucky if they're done by six in the evening, by which time they have been standing and walking for eight hours already, in rough Norwegian weather that can vary from uncomfortably hot to freezing cold, with freezing winds and rain, sleet and snow. They have one of the most demanding jobs in the city, both mentally and physically, and make fairly good money (up to and over 150-300 USD) on good days.
