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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m not for decriminalizing drugs but I think addiction should be dealt with medical intervention. Criminal intervention isn’t working. America spends like $100 billion on illegal drugs; clearly “Just Say No” and police aren’t making a dent. We waste a lot of time and money on people who choose to destroy their lives with drugs. What’s your solution?[/quote]
Did you even listen to the podcast or read the article?[/quote]

I did read the article. As I stated, I don’t think drugs should be decriminalized. The War on Drugs didn’t work nor did decriminalization. I think conservatives are just for putting people into jail so you don’t have to see them (homeless drug addicts). But we have too many criminals in jail and no one wants to be a corrections officer.

Currently, nothing is working! So what’s the controversy in my posts?![/quote]

So if "nothing is working," why are you upset about going back to the status quo?[/quote]

Because our jails are full and there is a hiring crisis for correction officers. Why do you care if people overdose in jail vs outside of jail?[/quote]

It should be obvious why it's preferable to have something ugly and traumatic like overdosing happening where there's a small/contained audience versus out on the street in front a broad, public audience that includes children......Common sense really is not common.[/quote]

Yes, it is astonishing that the progressive left decriminalization people believe that it’s better for addicts to die on the cold streets without access to any healthcare than in a jail where there is at least some form of healthcare and a roof. Simply crazy. [/quote]

Look the idea that you think there is healthcare in prison is comical! I’m arguing this because I have a sibling who has been a CO in three states. Prisons right now are a total sh*tshow. Staffing rates are so low they don’t have the ability to get prisoners to the hospital.[/quote]

So you believe addicts dying on the cold streets is preferable to dying in jail? Why?[/quote]

The horror of dying in jail is that if you are ignored you have absolutely no way to so much as crawl for help. Surely that's obvious. [/quote]

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