eyeball Posted June 6, 2018 Report Share Posted June 6, 2018 (edited) 2 hours ago, Machjo said: I'm not a smoker, yet I know exactly where to buy tobacco. I'm not a drinker, yet I know exactly where to buy alcohol. I don't gamble, yet I know exactly where the local casino is and where I can buy lottery tickets. How is it that I know where to buy tobacco and alcohol and know where to buy lottery tickets and know where the local casino is even though I don't participate in any of these yet don't know where I can buy cannabis even though I sometimes smell its stench when I head downtown? I don't know where to buy cannabis; but if it's legalized, I probably will soon enough. I think the fact that I know where to buy legal drugs but not where to buy illegal ones shows that prohibition does work at least to a degree to push it underground and make it at least somewhat less visible. The fact that I know where to buy tobacco and alcohol and lottery tickets and where to gamble shows that the advertising laws pertaining to these aren't strict enough. They should be strict enough that I could not know where to buy these products unless I was actively looking for them, happened upon them by chance while looking for something else, or someone told me or showed me. Okay so you're prone to addiction, too bad so sad, that's no excuse for siccing the nasty bitch of a Nanny State you seem to be proposing on society. That would probably drive even more people towards becoming addicted. Edited June 6, 2018 by eyeball Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machjo Posted June 6, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2018 (edited) Regulating addictive products through effective self-exclusion and advertising policies cost far less than fighting the different crimes resulting from lack of regulation. I've never suffered gambling addiction myself but have read up on it. It can lead to theft, robbery, working for illegal loan sharks as debt collectors, entering prostitution (which can also spread HIV and other diseases for which the taxpayer must foot the bill, suicides, bankruptcies, loss of employment, etc. etc. etc. And that's just gambling addiction. Then we have liver problems caused by alcoholism, lung problems caused by tobacco, etc. Health care ain't free. Edited June 6, 2018 by Machjo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machjo Posted June 6, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2018 (edited) And about my addictions, I've never suffered nicotine addiction either. As for alcoholism, it started at twelve and stopped at twelve when I went cold turkey the first day I started and realized I was prone to drink it compulsively. However, I soon went back to it in the military due to peer pressure and living in close quarters with other drinkers. Kind of ironic that I was able to avoid alcohol easily enough in the private sector but then struggled with it once I'd joined a state-funded institution. I finally got off the alcohol once I'd left the military and returned to the private sector. I don't know the significance of it, but I find it interesting none-the-less. Edited June 6, 2018 by Machjo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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