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13.7 unemployment rate as of the first quarter of this year.
What did it used to be? You stat is only relevant in terms of showing a relationship between the unemployment rate and the legalization of drugs, I'm not sure what your point is in posting it without the context that info would give?
What did it used to be? You stat is only relevant in terms of showing a relationship between the unemployment rate and the legalization of drugs, I'm not sure what your point is in posting it without the context that info would give?
The point is to stop the momentum of the discussion.
DARE may not have worked for kids, but I have a much cheaper solution. Every kid in school should watch Requiem for a Dream. That movie freaked me out! I was never even tempted to approach crack. Weed, sure, but not the hard stuff.
The couple in that movie was "mainly" using heroin.
Which is almost the exact opposite of crack.
Which is why DARE didn't work. It scared them instead of educating them. When you teach and/or imply stuff like "ALL drugs will kill you" and then a kid smokes weed and s/he enjoys it, doesn't die, has no hangover, is not instantly addicted, etc, DARE just lost its entire credibility to that kid.
I've been working in the narcotic control business for 30 years. I say decriminalize it all. If you're dumb enough to kill yourself w dope, well it's cheaper to bury you than incarcerate you.
If your doctor really was remiss, why did you not ask him for more information? Also, you have access to a computer, try Google and you will find plenty of info.
Already done...however, I have the access to the internet, and I work with nurses. However, not everyone has access to the internet. I think patient education is, extremely, important in many ways: to prevent re-admissions, trips to the emergency room, spread of infection, follow up treatment etc.
Not one person is arguing that hard drugs aren't extremely harmful. The argument is, do we keep pouring billions of dollars into jailing people for it, which does nothing to stop it, or do we legalize and tax it and use the resources for treatment. The argument is, basically, should drug use and abuse be the domain if the justice system, or the health care system? Those of us for legalization feel it should be the latter.
Harm reduction. Instead of paying to house these people in jail why not practice harm reduction?? Police can dedicate more time to solving other more important cases.
Maybe you should move there if you think it is such a great policy. We have a heroin epidemic in this country of epic proportions. Hundreds of addicts are overdosing each week. Get a clue.
13.7 unemployment rate as of the first quarter of this year.
What's your point? Can you make a connection between decriminalization of drugs and the high unemployment rate?
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