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Locking people up for being addicts is not the same as locking people up for using in the street. What is wrong with this approach: Doing drugs isn’t a crime,
by whiddershins 3y ago
Locking people up for being addicts is not the same as locking people up for using in the street.
What is wrong with this approach:
Doing drugs isn’t a crime, but all bad behavior associated with it is.
If someone’s addiction has become unmanageable to the point where they are doing drugs on the street, it is a kindness and a necessity to take their agency away from them.
If someone is an addict but otherwise functions, it is none of anyone’s business.
- carlmr 3y ago> Doing drugs isn’t a crime, but all bad behavior associated with it is. Exactly. I can't imagine somebody on weed would bother people that much. But if you steal from people, leave your unclean syringes lying around, etc. you're a hazard to society and need to be dealt with. So we need to enable law enforcement to deal with that properly. If you're drunk and belligerent, which happens a lot, you shouldn't be able to do that legally either. So as long as you're not a menace to society, I don't see why you shouldn't have that freedom. But as soon as your freedom causes issues for others, it needs to be dealt with. Maybe allowing meth, fentanyl, heroin and such is the problem. I would bet almost all the big problems are due to the users of these.