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Illegal drug use is harmful to others.
So is legal drug use not equally harmful? I would contend that it's the illegality that's the problem, not the drug use itself. Certainly, if you don't use drugs wisely you might cause harm to someone else but that's true of many things and it seems incorrect to chose this one category. Should tobacco be illegal? Should alcohol be illegal? Should Oxicontin be illegal?
Prostitution is harmful to others
So, if I don't pay the girl, does that make it OK? Or is it really only a problem when, say, the girl is enslaved, in which case it is harmful and I believe a serious crime.
Addiction to substances is harmful to others
I think this is the same as point one.
This is only a discussion and no disrespect is intended. Obviously, my opinion is diametrically opposite of yours.
So is legal drug use not equally harmful? I would contend that it's the illegality that's the problem, not the drug use itself. Certainly, if you don't use drugs wisely you might cause harm to someone else but that's true of many things and it seems incorrect to chose this one category. Should tobacco be illegal? Should alcohol be illegal? Should Oxicontin be illegal?
Prostitution is harmful to others
So, if I don't pay the girl, does that make it OK? Or is it really only a problem when, say, the girl is enslaved, in which case it is harmful and I believe a serious crime.
Addiction to substances is harmful to others
I think this is the same as point one.
This is only a discussion and no disrespect is intended. Obviously, my opinion is diametrically opposite of yours.