I totally agree with you Chuck. The consumption of any given intoxicant should
not be a crime. But, if that consumption leads to a crime like domestic or
other violence then the violent criminal action is what is at issue here.
----- Original Message -----
From: Charles Krugman (Redacted sender "ckrugman" for DMARC)
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, January 25, 2016 2:40 AM
Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: Federal Drug Policy Softens as Whites Become
Face of Heroin Addiction
not any more difficult to control then programs addressing drunk driving.
People are held acccountable resulting in the consequences of their actions.
behavioral actions can be measured and quantified by the severity of the
outcome.
Chuck
From: R. E. Driscoll Sr
Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2016 9:23 AM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: Federal Drug Policy Softens as Whites Become
Face of Heroin Addiction
Chuck:
I believe it would be a very, very difficult program to maintain and enforce.
I have very little confidence in self control and even less in the ability of
a bureaucracy to control effectively.
R. E. (Dick) Driscoll, Sr.
On 1/21/2016 3:11 AM, Charles Krugman (Redacted sender ckrugman for DMARC)
wrote:
I have always thought that personal use of drugs should be legalized as
long as a person is able to maintain while doing so. Those who don't can be
dealt with accordingly based on their failed to maintain and function in
society.
Chuck
-----Original Message----- From: Miriam Vieni
Sent: Saturday, January 16, 2016 11:23 AM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: Federal Drug Policy Softens as Whites Become
Face of Heroin Addiction
Well, as pointed out in Chasing The Scream, most people who use heavy pain
medication after surgery, don't become addicted. They taper off the
medication because they have full lives and emotional security. For months
before my hip replacement surgery in 2005, I was taking incredible amounts
of pain medication, all kinds of opiates, and then that continued after the
surgery. But I didn't become an addict. And ten years ago, it wasn't as
difficult to get those prescriptions filled and delivered.
Miriam
-----Original Message-----
From: blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bob Hachey ;
Sent: Saturday, January 16, 2016 1:12 PM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: Federal Drug Policy Softens as Whites Become
Face of Heroin Addiction
Hi all,
Bottom line here, and it's a well-worn cliché. One size does not fit all.
For some, they may have had too much access to prescription pain killers
and
became addicted. For others, it's chronic pain that requires constant use
of
these same pain killers. The crhonic sufferers will be hurt badly if the
government insist on making it harder for everyone to get the pain killers.
Sad how when it was believed that mostly nonwhites were suffering the
answer
was punishment and jail.
Now, let me walk something back. When it comes to race, one size does
indeed
fit all. In other words, what's good for whites is also good for nonwhites.
Bob Hachey
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