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Most things that are illegal have a victim. Murder, robbery, assault, etc. all have a responsible party and an injured party. Nobody expects that making murder
by swivelmaster 6y ago
Most things that are illegal have a victim. Murder, robbery, assault, etc. all have a responsible party and an injured party. Nobody expects that making murder illegal will stop all murders, that's a silly argument. You have to have some kind of justice, though.
This is why criminalizing drug use is such a unique and unusual case - when a person does drugs, there is no other victim, and yet the state punishes them for it anyway.
- tenebrisalietum 6y agoDriving Under the Influence - you may have been pulled over and caught by the state without getting in a wreck. There was no injured party--yet.
- samatman 6y agoYes, reckless endangerment is a crime. DUI recognizes, correctly in my opinion, that there are blood alcohol levels which constitute per se endangerment of others.