[robertpaulsen]

"the Hidden Law argument as applied to Oxycontin is that if it were illegal those who really needed it could use it and evade legal punishment if they were discreet, so the world would work as it is supposed to."

If it were. It is not. It doesn't apply.

The Hidden Law is not some goal of mine. It was used to fill in the gray area between legal and illegal activity.

You're uncomfortable with gray -- you love black and white. And you would force all activity into one of these two distinct groups, even though some activity belongs in neither.

Oxycontin is not illegal and won't be illegal because it does fit into a black & white scheme -- it has legitimate, recognized medical use in the U.S.

Now, are you talking about people abusing Oxycontin, using it illegally, then looking to the Hidden Law for justification? Nope, won't work. Not when it's available legally

[Know your rights]

The Hidden Law is not some goal of mine. It was used to fill in the gray area between legal and illegal activity.

And you think it fills in that area well, which begs the question of why we don't put more abusable medications in that area ... a question you keep ducking for obvious reasons.