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"This defendant is a poster child against the argument for drugs being legalized," Superior Court Judge Stephen Ashworth said. "Not that he's not responsible. But if it wasn't for drugs, this never would have happened."

Superior Court Judge shows inferior intellect. If it weren't for irresponsible a-holes, this would never have happened. However, it did happen, even with drug laws. As though laws ever kept anyone from using drugs. If it weren't for the availability of baseball bats, this would never have happened either. Ban baseball bats. If it weren't for Halloween, this would never have happened. Ban Halloween.

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See this story in which the same spurious kind of reasoning used by the judge could be employed to ban brooms.