tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34993014.post7826497537718374244..comments2024-01-13T10:12:47.756+00:00Comments on Ranting Stan: A smokescreen for LibertinismUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34993014.post-32888647287430575812007-02-26T16:30:00.000+00:002007-02-26T16:30:00.000+00:00But, but, they're victims...!Smokers, apparently, ...But, but, they're <I>victims...!</I><BR/><BR/>Smokers, apparently, are just evil.<BR/><BR/>No really, legalise the drug. Just make the buggers pay for it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34993014.post-42933550305292195472007-02-26T13:03:00.000+00:002007-02-26T13:03:00.000+00:00Indeed. Although there will be a few, the idea tha...Indeed. Although there will be a few, the idea that most drug users are useful citizens who just got hooked in a momemnt of recklessness is utter nonsense. Many of them were inadequate, dependent or criminal before addiction.<BR/><BR/>I think it reasonable to offer rehab rather than prison initially but if someone persists in crime to feed an addiction it should be treated as an aggravating factor, not an excuse because they are more likely to reoffend.<BR/><BR/>The practical problem with prison is that drugs are so freely available there (mostly thrown over the wall a prison officer told me) although it is hard to see why that could not be prevented with a little more effort and less concern about "rights"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com