Re: drug abuse among the homeless

On Tue, 02 Dec 2003 07:39:35 -0500, Brother Nate
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>Pete nospam Zakel wrote:
>> Brother Nate writes:
>> > And the answer to question 1) is still that the legal
>> > drugs are the ones that are our biggest problems
>> > among minors.
>
>> Is that because they are legal?  Or are the legal because they are the most
>> popular drugs?
>
>Personally I doubt that question can be definitively
>answered one way or the other.  We know that legal drugs
>face less societal disapproval than illegal ones - we
>also know that kids see their parents and older peers
>using these drugs.  The tail wags the dog.
>
>> > children with drugs, the fact of the matter is that
>> > it's the legal ones that pose the biggest problems.
>
>> And the illegal drugs are bigger problems than they should be partly because
>> they are illegal.
>
>Practically all of the problems they pose can be cured
>simply by reforming the punishment system - replacing
>counter-productive vindictiveness with stern compassion.

Oh?  You have a rehab program that acutally has a good success rate?

>
>> > Throwing them in jail need not be our first response,
>> > but legalization should clearly be our last.
>
>> Actually, I would argue that legalization should clearly be our first
>> response
>
>Of course you would.  That IS your proposed cure for just
>about everything from low self-esteem to terminal lung
>cancer.