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And the solution to prescription drug addiction is prison time or fines? How does that help the families?

• rayiner 11y ago
  No, it's not. But: 1) it's legitimate to control those who enable addicts by criminalizing illegal distribution of prescription drugs; and 2) the fact our current response may be a bad idea does not mean that the conduct has no victims and it's not legitimate for society to formulate some response.
  • leesalminen 11y ago
    If our response is causing more harm than the "crime" itself does it make sense to continue down that road just because we can't come up with anything better?
    • rayiner 11y ago
      You can argue that treatment, etc, is a better response than criminalization. I agree. But that's a different argument. Arguing that drug use has no victims is an attack on the legitimacy of any response to drug use, and ignores the huge numbers of people hurt by other peoples' drug addictions.