It's not really a drug war. It's a war on some drugs. What amazes me is that many of the same people who think it is okay for a person to do what they want with their own body when it comes to abortion, think it is perfectly fine to imprison someone for putting a drug into their own body.
The war on some drugs has made the situation worse…
It's not really a drug war. It's a war on some drugs. What amazes me is that many of the same people who think it is okay for a person to do what they want with their own body when it comes to abortion, think it is perfectly fine to imprison someone for putting a drug into their own body.
The war on some drugs has made the situation worse not better. So when something doesn't work just do more of it and if that still doesn't work then more and more. How has that worked out?
Then the drug warriors say -- well it's all about protecting kids. Meanwhile children are prescribed many types of psychchiatric drugs pushed by big pharma. Kids who are receive public health insurance are prescribed at a higher rate than the general population. Kids in foster care are prescribed at an even higher rate. Apparently the treatment for having been abused and/or neglected is being medicated as if the problem was biological and something is inherently wrong with the child. And lets not forget than many of the children on these drugs are taking multiple types. Some are prescribed off label with trials never done on children. This is all somehow okay.
The hypocrisy around the war on some drugs is astounding. There is a drug/drug war industrial complex. The last either side wants are for those banned drugs being legally available to adults.
"What amazes me is that many of the same people who think it is okay for a person to do what they want with their own body when it comes to abortion, think it is perfectly fine to imprison someone for putting a drug into their own body." -- to be honest, to me this sounds like you are either a shill or living in a bubble (aren't we all?). In my experience, the folks who are ok with abortion are usually ok with folks doing other things with their body, including putting drugs into it. The real hypocrites, from my humble experience, are the ones who are 'my body, my choice' when it comes to vaccines, but not when it comes to abortion or putting 'drugs' into their body.
Sorry to disapoint but I'm not a shill and I'm a 'my body, my choice' across the board.
Many people who supported mandates to force people to take a vaccine are people who say 'my body, my choice' when it comes to abortion. In fact that is the viewpoint of the administration and the political party that supports vaccine mandates.
I don't know about your experience but in my experience most of the politcos and 'my body, my choice' when it comes to abortion support the war on drugs......or I should say on some drugs.
There are hypocrites on all sides of the 'my body, my choice'. To recognize only those you overall disagree with as being hypocrites is living in a bubble. To accuse someone who you disagree with of being a shill speaks volumes.
I was already encroaching on "War and Peace" territory, so I didn't get to bring up how they had shifted again and now it is "People MUST do drugs." This is ESPECIALLY true when it comes to the kids (who can't say no because they basically have no bodily autonomy until they are 18).
And yes, a lot of the 'war on drugs' people are now 'war on human trafficking' people, because it's way better to 'work' getting handjobs and 'collecting evidence' than actually dealing with criminals.
It's not really a drug war. It's a war on some drugs. What amazes me is that many of the same people who think it is okay for a person to do what they want with their own body when it comes to abortion, think it is perfectly fine to imprison someone for putting a drug into their own body.
The war on some drugs has made the situation worse not better. So when something doesn't work just do more of it and if that still doesn't work then more and more. How has that worked out?
Then the drug warriors say -- well it's all about protecting kids. Meanwhile children are prescribed many types of psychchiatric drugs pushed by big pharma. Kids who are receive public health insurance are prescribed at a higher rate than the general population. Kids in foster care are prescribed at an even higher rate. Apparently the treatment for having been abused and/or neglected is being medicated as if the problem was biological and something is inherently wrong with the child. And lets not forget than many of the children on these drugs are taking multiple types. Some are prescribed off label with trials never done on children. This is all somehow okay.
The hypocrisy around the war on some drugs is astounding. There is a drug/drug war industrial complex. The last either side wants are for those banned drugs being legally available to adults.
"What amazes me is that many of the same people who think it is okay for a person to do what they want with their own body when it comes to abortion, think it is perfectly fine to imprison someone for putting a drug into their own body." -- to be honest, to me this sounds like you are either a shill or living in a bubble (aren't we all?). In my experience, the folks who are ok with abortion are usually ok with folks doing other things with their body, including putting drugs into it. The real hypocrites, from my humble experience, are the ones who are 'my body, my choice' when it comes to vaccines, but not when it comes to abortion or putting 'drugs' into their body.
Sorry to disapoint but I'm not a shill and I'm a 'my body, my choice' across the board.
Many people who supported mandates to force people to take a vaccine are people who say 'my body, my choice' when it comes to abortion. In fact that is the viewpoint of the administration and the political party that supports vaccine mandates.
I don't know about your experience but in my experience most of the politcos and 'my body, my choice' when it comes to abortion support the war on drugs......or I should say on some drugs.
There are hypocrites on all sides of the 'my body, my choice'. To recognize only those you overall disagree with as being hypocrites is living in a bubble. To accuse someone who you disagree with of being a shill speaks volumes.
I was already encroaching on "War and Peace" territory, so I didn't get to bring up how they had shifted again and now it is "People MUST do drugs." This is ESPECIALLY true when it comes to the kids (who can't say no because they basically have no bodily autonomy until they are 18).
And yes, a lot of the 'war on drugs' people are now 'war on human trafficking' people, because it's way better to 'work' getting handjobs and 'collecting evidence' than actually dealing with criminals.
https://reason.com/2016/09/09/the-truth-about-us-sex-trafficking/