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Opiates didn't really wreck many lives till they were made illegal. They didn't cause crime, they don't cause bodily harm, and most people used them and had nor
by mnm1 8y ago
Opiates didn't really wreck many lives till they were made illegal. They didn't cause crime, they don't cause bodily harm, and most people used them and had normal lives. If we legalized them now we could stop wrecking lives immediately. So this worry is unfounded, uninformed, stupid, and dangerous. It is the real cause of the suffering and really, isn't much different than what the parent comment says. Not that addiction is ever fun. But try telling that to the idiot offspring of puritans.
- freedomben 8y agoYes. It's ironic in fact that many of the American founders were prolific users of opium and laudanum. Yet, the somehow lived to accomplish some stuff... Even more ironic, the very country they founded would now imprison them and label them junkies.
- mirimir 8y agoWell, you've seen what Washington had for teeth, right? Carved wood. They're on display at Mt. Vernon, as I recall. But yeah. The state has become a monster.
- mnm1 8y agoWhat do Washington's teeth have to do with opiates? There's no connection. Everyone had shitty teeth back then. The state has indeed become a monster.