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by celticmusic 2341 days ago
I'm going to use an analogy to explain why I responded in the first place.

We tell kids "just don't do drugs" for lots of reasons. No one would ever suggest with a straight face that we shouldn't tell children this because some of them will end up doing the drugs anyway due to all manner of reason, including their circumstances.
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lucasmullens 2341 days ago
What? I absolutely would suggest with a straight face that we shouldn't tell are kids that. It's more complicated than that, and lumping all drugs together seems to do more harm than good, judging by the failure of the DARE program.
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celticmusic 2341 days ago
is it really more complicated than that?

I bet your argument is going to be "but alcohol is technically a drug", at which point I'm going to roll my eyes so hard they roll out the door.

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