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To: i-node who wrote (866289)	6/19/2015 2:15:42 PM
From: Brumar89	Respond to of 1579234

No drug addict ever quit using drugs because of threat of arrest. I KNOW people who would be high constantly if it were legal and they would use the strongest drug available to them. Maybe you're saying they're not addicts. I don't know .... sounds like an addict to me. A person who does that is not an addict; he is a casual, recreational user. Because an addict has no such control to be able to respond to legal pressures. I know people who would use drugs till they died if they could but they ARE afraid of prison. People can and do modify their behavior. You can say, "What difference does it make? We can't allow these people to run around stealing and terrorizing" -- and that's true, but if you don't acknowledge it as a medical problem you can't solve a medical problem. We see it as a moral issue and stupidly continue to lock people up in prison for being sick. I don't think there is a medical cure that most would choose. I have heard of alcoholics who stopped drinking through aversion therapy but I think most people would prefer to just drink and dope themselves silly. I know there are people who are helped by 12 step programs but I gather its something they work at. And lastly, I know there are people whose lives are changed by Jesus Christ.