| > Are you implying drugs don't hurt anyone? Drugs, like spoons, hurt people. Some other items that kill people include: Cars. Motorcycles. Trees. Water. Too much air. Too little air. People. Dogs. Sticks. Bath tubs. Guns. In the end, drugs are no more inherently harmful than any of the items listed above. What usually kills people, however, is not drugs, but things associated with drugs that exist only because we have decided they should exist: - Drug gangs and cartels and the violence associated with them are the product of US government policy, not drugs. - Drug overdoses are the product of US government policy, not drugs (in most cases), because especially with illegal drugs people don't know what they're getting or how much of it or how to use it. It is primarily we that kill people. Look around you. If you see a face that supports the drug war, that person is partially guilty in all drug related deaths. The irony of this case is that Judge Katherine Forrest is now much more responsible for the drug-related deaths she is trying to prevent. |
Maple syrup may not have been a good example http://www.diabetes.org/diabetes-basics/statistics