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by Jochim 4y ago
That is an option yes. It could reduce the likelihood that addicts end up in a cycle of incarceration and more extreme drug use. However, without a legal supply, I don't believe it would have any effect towards curtailing gang violence
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> "You have a family, house, and retirement to think about now" was his answer. That's a fair point from an individual perspective. Although, it's concerning that society as a whole appears to be experiencing the same
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Purdue had a financial interest in selling more Oxycontin. They knowingly pushed doctors to prescribe the medication in a manner that encouraged addiction. They knowingly misled patients and doctors as to how addictive the medication was. C
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I appreciate your candor. I missed that the first chart indicated real income. I do find it interesting that housing and living costs seem more unaffordable than the CPI data implies. I came across some Statista data that indicates that rea
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Did the opioid epidemic simply not happen in your world? > Purdue has known about the problem for decades. Even before OxyContin went on the market, clinical trials showed many patients weren’t getting 12 hours of relief. Since the drug’
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How does that compare to the change in people's expenses? The CPI for rent is more than double what it was in 2000: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CUSR0000SEHA
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My point of view is that locking people up for drug use: * Hasn't reduced drug use * Makes them more likely to continue their drug use * Often leads to the use of harder drugs * Is expensive * Provides funding to cartels * Causes viole
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Purdue showed how well that approach works out with the even more restricted Oxycontin.
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Glass houses: > The administration of President George W. Bush abducted hundreds of "illegal combatants" for U.S. detention, and transported detainees to U.S.-controlled sites as part of an extensive interrogation program that
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I don't think I've been obtuse whatsoever. The existence of the One China policy doesn't change the fact that since 2015, broader US policy has shifted from viewing China as a partner to a competitor[0]. That policy has been
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> Given China's cozying up to Russia, I'd think harder about which countries are really on your side when push comes to shove. Why wouldn't China cosy up to Russia? The US has spent much of the last decade tearing apart mo
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Has there been some kind of collective amnesia regarding Guantanamo bay or the torture that took place in Iraq and Afghanistan? Did America's campaign of drone strikes simply not occur? In less recent memory we might recall the US &quo
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If you believe that then put it into legislation and fine/ban anyone who doesn't comply. A number of US tech giants, including Apple, have been found to be censoring such terms abroad. That's not what's happened though.
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> And they're not a security threat to China because they're controlled by their shareholders, not the government. Shareholders who will not want to throw their entire investment into the toilet. Bytedance is majority owned by
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That's an argument for banning all psychological manipulation. Banning TikTok individually, solves nothing.
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The way to prevent China from invading Taiwan was to foster a friendly relationship. The US has squandered what good will it had with China to the point that they and even India have aligned more closely to Russia as a consequence of the Uk
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To be honest, the hostility appears to be coming from one side in particular...
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You're not being very clear in your communication: > ByteDance is financially backed by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, SoftBank Group, Sequoia Capital, General Atlantic, and Hillhouse Capital Group. As of March 2021, it was estimated to b
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In geopolitical terms, the US has spent the last decade antagonising China for internal political gain. Resulting in the present situation where they've chosen not to align with the west on Russian sanctions. Not to say that China is e
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> So TikTok not only DID admit to have foreign access to US data, but also lied and denied previously about it then according to the leak in the Buzzfeed New article. They never claimed their own employees didn't have access to the
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I agree that it can be pretty samey at times. Although, I've found it much better at delivering a wider variety of content than Youtube, where my recommendations consist of videos that: * I watched once, 12 years ago. * Sit in recommen
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To be honest it sounds like you've only read the titles of those articles. Your Futurism article directly contradicts the claim that any of this behaviour is unique to TikTok: > This isn't the first time that a major social pla
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> Secondly, a better solution is a multi-billion dollar fine for TikTok's egregious invasion of privacy and the like, worse than the other tech companies and they also got massive fines. Where is the evidence that TikTok has been mu
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I get almost no music or dance based content on TikTok. It's algorithm almost exclusively returns videos on topics I'm interested in. Usually a mix of politics, science, cooking, crafts, cat, and couples content. The simple explan
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They should consider not brutalising random people if they'd like people to be nicer to them.
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Even people who do have that diligence can be caught out. You do the calculation, make the purchase and a week later encounter an unexpected expense like your car breaking down, or you lose your job. You may now find yourself unable to make
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Not having the cash in the first place doesn't result in a debt with unbounded interest repayments.
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Why should tax payers hand the ownership of their water over to rich corporations?
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Israel's water company appears to be owned entirely by the government. That seems to be an argument that you should be demanding more of your officials rather than that you should leave vital infrastructure in the hands of someone whos
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I too take a long drink of my tap water and think to myself "It's a shame some prick isn't getting rich because I'm thirsty and his great-grandfather built a pipe".

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