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Originally Posted by Whitley
Someone O'D's on opioids that they abuse. Two choices
Get rid of opioids or get rid of people
Get rid of the opioids so someone with addiction issues does not use it to kill themselves and others (DUI). Sure there are people who do not abuse opioids, or need them. Cancer patients. Legitimate pain patients. And there is one of the problems, punishing someone because of the actions of another. The person with the addiction will probably still get drugs, illegally, from a home lab etc..
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You have a point here, that you probably don't even realize you have.
Recreational drug users, use drugs for fun - until they're addicted, but they start out using it for fun. You don't see any advertisements recommending that folks take these drugs because it's a fun high (other than Viagra).
So maybe we need to get rid of the billboards in Florida that advertise how you too can use a real automatic weapon, at Jimbob's Range! You know the ones - with depictions of large-breasted women holding an AR-15 in a somewhat provocative pose.
Maybe we should stop looking at guns as "fun." And remember they're weapons, with the PRIMARY function being to kill. The "gun culture" is built up around guns being fun sporty things to use. I think this might be leading people to forget about the reason guns exist in the first place.