[damondonion]

A hundred and thirty years ago there were no drug laws in America and no meaningful drug problems. Nobody should need to be Albert Einstein to figure it out.

[ClearCase_guy]

I'd love to return to a world in which food, housing and medical care were only available to those who could work and support themselves. In a world like that, drug addicts die quickly, and pose much less of a social problem.

Sadly, our current society has mechanisms in place that allow a drug addict to survive for decades, committing crime after crime after crime.

[boop]

"A hundred and thirty years ago there were no drug laws in America and no meaningful drug problems."

Right. And when Joe Opiumhead OD'd, he just died. Taxpayers didn't have to pay for his treatment.

[Do Be]

A hundred and thirty years ago there were no drug laws in America and no meaningful drug problems. Nobody should need to be Albert Einstein to figure it out.

And a damn good thing that is because dear Albert is dead and no one has come forth saying they are him reincarnated.

Is a meaningful drug problem anything like a meaningful relationship? I need to know this because my wife of twenty-five years is about to leave and I'm wondering if I should have taken up drugs instead, and is it too late.