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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Indoor cooking is a nearly universal concept that there is not an easy replacement for in the majority of cases. Eliminating marijuana is much more achievable.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

if it's so achievable then why hasn't it been done despite the most authoritarian police state in world history with a surveillance state and billions in funding? Despite putting millions into jail for it to bring our prison population to the highest in human history?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Because keeping people as offenders makes more money. Jails aren't designed to help stop crimes. We should be using free treatment centers and education primarily.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What happens when people refuse treatment and ignore your "education" DARE initiatives?

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 month ago

If someone refuses help then it doesn’t matter, as long as they are kept away from the rest of society. Jail/labor camps would probably make the most sense. If someone doesn’t want help then you can’t help them even if you try