Why Are Some Drug Addicts Rewarded With “free” Drugs and Others Sentenced to Years in Prison?
Question by ern.ev2u: Why are some drug addicts rewarded with “free” drugs and others sentenced to years in prison?
If drugs are so bad why do so many people take them? Does anyone have the right to tell me what i can or cant do to my own body.
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Answer by MadameZ
None of it makes sense. Some folks are addicted to alcohol and cigarettes and this is OK. But if police find you with MJ or cocaine, you get busted and do jail time.
It’s ridiculous. They should either be all illegal or all legal.
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