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Wounded Bear

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4. It's long past time for this...

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Thu Mar 7, 2019, 05:04 PM

Mar 2019

criminalizing drug use has not worked. That much is obvious.

Granted, we still have to use legal tools for crimes committed in support of the drug culture, but for individual addicts, treatment is the way to go. It is a medical problem and needs proper medical/psychological solutions.

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Resetting state view on helping those with substance abuse [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2019 OP

Glad to hear it. Aristus Mar 2019 #1

That is good news, but do you happen to know if the government still criminalizes drug use? alwaysinasnit Mar 2019 #2

I want to see methadone programs in jails, nationwide happybird Mar 2019 #3

It's long past time for this... Wounded Bear Mar 2019 #4