>>And the freedom to ramp yourself into opioid dependence is not a meaningful freedom.
Nor is that a freedom I am speaking of, however the idea it should be a crime to "ramp yourself into opioid dependence" is unethical on its face as that is more of a medical and mental health problem not one that should be solved with criminality
I do however think it is a "meaningful freedom" for one to be allowed to judge for themselves what medication and/or pain management they should use in a given situation.
Further the War on Drugs as a directly result of prohibitionist policies have directly lead to more suffering and lose of "meaningful freedoms" for non-drug users than the abuse of the drug ever did.
I think it selfish is prohibitionist to not look at the big picture, to not see the Failure that the War on Drugs is, to not see the Extreme Harm the war on drugs in inflected not only on the US but the world, and double down on failed prohibitionist policies
>> in my experience the proportion of people who crow about "individualism" and who aren't in it to hurt those with fewer advantages than they have is a rounding error.
I must be in the rounding error then, I support many things that help people with fewer advantages, I believe these goals can be accomplished with liberty and respect of individual,
I also have a good understanding of history, and know that Authoritarian policies like the one you advocate for are often hardest on those not in the majority, on those that as "fewer advantages", Contrary to rose colored opinions authoritarians have, authoritarian polices are harmful to the less fortunate this has been proven countless time by countless authoritarian governments through out world history
Freedom and Liberty leads to prosperity, not Centralized Authoritarian Control
Nor is that a freedom I am speaking of, however the idea it should be a crime to "ramp yourself into opioid dependence" is unethical on its face as that is more of a medical and mental health problem not one that should be solved with criminality
I do however think it is a "meaningful freedom" for one to be allowed to judge for themselves what medication and/or pain management they should use in a given situation.
Further the War on Drugs as a directly result of prohibitionist policies have directly lead to more suffering and lose of "meaningful freedoms" for non-drug users than the abuse of the drug ever did.
I think it selfish is prohibitionist to not look at the big picture, to not see the Failure that the War on Drugs is, to not see the Extreme Harm the war on drugs in inflected not only on the US but the world, and double down on failed prohibitionist policies
>> in my experience the proportion of people who crow about "individualism" and who aren't in it to hurt those with fewer advantages than they have is a rounding error.
I must be in the rounding error then, I support many things that help people with fewer advantages, I believe these goals can be accomplished with liberty and respect of individual,
I also have a good understanding of history, and know that Authoritarian policies like the one you advocate for are often hardest on those not in the majority, on those that as "fewer advantages", Contrary to rose colored opinions authoritarians have, authoritarian polices are harmful to the less fortunate this has been proven countless time by countless authoritarian governments through out world history
Freedom and Liberty leads to prosperity, not Centralized Authoritarian Control