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Quote by: SoccerfreakAB2 Is that a joke? Do you want to take away the CIA, FBI, local/state police, etc.? That is a great example of the government protecting us from ourselves...we need that protection from ourselves. Let's not lie to ourselves either, humans are unpredictable.
A lot of it involves the environment you grow up in. Addiction occurs too quick and before you know it, you're spending all your money on booze, cocaine, and herion. A chance at a program could even spur the economy as well as help our own people. No one wants to get addicted to drugs or alcohol. |
Taking away federal law enforcement isn't a bad idea. The purpose of local law enforcement is to protect law-abiding citizens from the criminals.
It doesn't matter that people don't want to become addicted to drugs or alcohol (or tobacco or caffeine, for that matter): show me where the Constitution says it's the government's responsibility to treat people who have become addicted to substances they chose to take.
As for the environment in which one is raised, I was one of those Welfare kids who ran the streets unsupervised. I didn't
start using drugs when I was 11, I
stopped using them when I was 11 - and without the help of some government program.