Obviously, jailing people for wanting to get high feels totalitarian, but...
Can we not have a common sense 'don't be a pain in the ass' approach to this shit, where it doesn't matter what you're huffing so long as you're not being a fucking nuisance because of it? I know that in a sense, that's already how things are, because if you're not being a nuisance, you're unlikely to be caught.
The junkies will make a nuisance of themselves and you can crack down on them and have them sober up in jail, and the people who have a handle on their drug use... won't end up in jail.
That would encourage people to avoid being blazed out of their minds in the streets, unlike this which allows them to be blazed out of their minds in the streets if they let some useless social worker chat to them for a bit.
Crack down on problem users. Ignore the ones who aren't a problem.
Reminds me of the Bill Burr bit about when he was young you could act crazy in public for about 15 minutes before you got hauled off. Nowadays you see the same addicts harassing people, being talked to, maybe even arrested for assault, then let out to do the same stuff the same day.
He was a notorious drinker and partier, and did who knows how many drugs...but he always showed up ready to work, and was never so sick that he hurt someone because of it.
Obviously, jailing people for wanting to get high feels totalitarian, but...
Can we not have a common sense 'don't be a pain in the ass' approach to this shit, where it doesn't matter what you're huffing so long as you're not being a fucking nuisance because of it? I know that in a sense, that's already how things are, because if you're not being a nuisance, you're unlikely to be caught.
The junkies will make a nuisance of themselves and you can crack down on them and have them sober up in jail, and the people who have a handle on their drug use... won't end up in jail.
That would encourage people to avoid being blazed out of their minds in the streets, unlike this which allows them to be blazed out of their minds in the streets if they let some useless social worker chat to them for a bit.
Crack down on problem users. Ignore the ones who aren't a problem.
The Chris Rock policy, all drugs are legal if you have a job
Reminds me of the Bill Burr bit about when he was young you could act crazy in public for about 15 minutes before you got hauled off. Nowadays you see the same addicts harassing people, being talked to, maybe even arrested for assault, then let out to do the same stuff the same day.
I agree 100%
"And it harm none, do as thou will shall be the whole of the law"
Everyone who seriously believes this is in need of some harm.
This sounds like what Ric Flair did.
He was a notorious drinker and partier, and did who knows how many drugs...but he always showed up ready to work, and was never so sick that he hurt someone because of it.
Maybe that's what a "functional addict" is.