This just increases my conundrum with drugs and drug law.
Apparently there are some people that cannot protect themselves from drugs, no matter what.
Unfortunately, neither can I, or anybody else protect them.
| I usually post with zero empathy, but will not do so this time. This just increases my conundrum with drugs and drug law. Apparently there are some people that cannot protect themselves from drugs, no matter what. Unfortunately, neither can I, or anybody else protect them. |
You are correct. We can pass a hundred more laws - and yet these individuals will still screw up their lives.
On the other hand.... When libertarians who advocate surrendering on the WOD also claim that - when drugs are legal - there won't be more drug users and more crime and all that.... They only look like the complete and utter idiots they are.
A lifelong teacher told me years ago “You can’t save them all”. At the time I thought that was an unusually cold and uncaring statement, but increasingly I’ve learned that she was right.
Which is why AA has always been a program of want, not need. God willing, Sept 5th I will celebrate 17 years sober. May she rest in peace.