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Devil's advocate: If your drug use results in you losing your job and becoming dependent on welfare, you will be a burden on society and the rest of us will hav
by 8_hours_ago 11y ago
Devil's advocate: If your drug use results in you losing your job and becoming dependent on welfare, you will be a burden on society and the rest of us will have to pay more taxes to provide you with health care and treatment.
- guard-of-terra 11y agoSo stop paying welfare; switch to basic income.
- pantalaimon 11y ago> If your drug use results in you losing your job and becoming dependent on welfare, you will be a burden on society and the rest of us will have to pay more taxes to provide you with health care and treatment. What if reading hacker news at work results in you losing your job and becoming dependent on welfare, should we outlaw news sites?
- goldbrick 11y agoDevil's counter-advocate: treatment is many times cheaper than criminalization and leads to fewer addicts as well.
- atom-morgan 11y agoAnd that's one reason not to support government welfare.