[Seruzawa]

"I have a right to destroy myself if I want as long as I don't hurt anyone else." and refuse to recognize the bad affects their habits have on others or on society.

Well.... yes. It's called one of the disadvantages of living in a free society. Some people are just gonna make bad decisions. The only way to stop that is totalitarianism.

Maybe, since children are indoctrinated from birth to take vast quantities of drugs courtesy of the Allopaths and Madison Avenue, widespread drug use by adults is simply one of the consequences. That's why I laugh whenever I see a "Drug Free Zone" sign on a schoolyard. What hypocrisy.

[pageonetoo]

No Child Left Behind!

[pageonetoo]

On April 29, 2002, Bush kicked off the whole mental health screening scheme when he announced the establishment of the New Freedom Commission (NFC) during a speech in in New Mexico where he told the audience that mental health centers and hospitals, homeless shelters, and the justice and school systems, have contact with individuals suffering from mental disorders but that too many Americans are falling through the cracks, and so he created the NFC to ensure “that the cracks are closed.”

In words relevant here, the late President Ronald Reagan aptly described government intervention this way: "The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, “I'm from the government and I'm here to help."

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[SupplySider]

Maybe, since children are indoctrinated from birth to take vast quantities of drugs courtesy of the Allopaths and Madison Avenue, widespread drug use by adults is simply one of the consequences. That's why I laugh whenever I see a "Drug Free Zone" sign on a schoolyard. What hypocrisy.

Good point. We live in a drug culture that's supported by the regulatory-industrial complex.

I'm against "recreational" marijuana use, but there is something horrible about jailing plant abusers while celebrating corporate drug consumers.