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I personally could care less what kind of poison people put into their systems. Their bodies. Their deaths.

However ...

When children are brought into the equasion, those children should be removed and given to responsible parents to raise.

If a crime is committed under the influence of drugs, the penalities should be the same as for alcohol.

Hard Drug traffickers should be put to death.

Marijuana is MUCH less harmful than alcohol and should be treated the same. Why should gangsters make all of that money, when we could save money foolishly spent on a phony War on drugs? Instead, it should be legalized and taxed. Taxpayers would be a whole lot better off, just like they were when they ended prohibition.

Drug users should have access to legal drugs (methadone, anti-depressants, etc). That's all many of them are doing, anyway, is self-medicating to escape the realities of their wretched lives.

Not at all. It's none of any of our business, unless it has a bearing on what happened to Danielle. Same with the swinging. It's none of our business, unless it had an effect on what happened to Danielle.

Either of those things could have been a cause or a contributing factor, and in that case would be relevant. But all the nights that they swang (swung? swinged?) or did drugs and nothing bad happened are none of our business or concern.

If, however, one of the swingers (either that night or sometime previous) showed a weird interest in Danielle, or is a cat burglar, or has a thing for children, or anything that has to do with the murder, then it's our business.

I am completely against the whole idea of thought crimes, guys. Mere possession of anything, be it a substance, an item or an idea does not constitute a crime. I cannot justify locking anyone up who has not caused harm to someone else. I really have no fight with any of you guys over this, ('cuz I like you and stuff) but you won't change my mind.