The use of the word “possession” with fentanyl should be an alarm bell for anyone.
Those few well intentioned people behind Prohibition, the War on Drugs, and everything of that theme doesn’t want to or is unable to understand that substance abuse is the symptom of a problem and not the problem unto itself.
Life sucks and can be suffocatingly cruel. Targeting those in possession without the modifier of “intent to distribute” or similar is just viciousness. Some prisons do have the facilities and capability to assist those with substance abuse problems but now these people have a felony burying them further and practically forcing them to use.
Going back to the subject of symptom vs problem. I smoked cigarettes for over a decade and despite acknowledging they were killing me I couldn’t quit. The thing is it isn’t an issue of lack of will. I was one of the most disciplined and stubborn people I have ever met. Reality is that cigarettes and “refactor” or the tobacco/nicotine infused paper & leaf are the cheapest and fasting anti-anxiety, mild antidepressant, appetite suppressant, and the most potent accelerant psychoactive that you can legally buy in the USA. I addressed my root causes for smoking and that made it possible to quit, but not “easy”.
People intentionally possessing fent are dealing with shit that most people can’t even comprehend. Sometimes it’s unrelenting physical pain and additionally, or just on its own, psychological afflictions. There are few or no drugs that take away what has been called the “hum” or shadow of schizophrenia and some forms of bipolar disorder. I don’t really understand that but I do understand those people aren’t chain smoking for fun.
One last attempt to try and explain this to the ignorant. Imagine walking up to a cripple on the street who is just hobbling along, trying to get by, proceeding to kicking their feet out from under them, taking their crappy walking stick or cane away, and telling them god doesn’t love them because they’re a fucking cripple. Translation: Arrested and detained for possession, likely enduring physical abuse by the cops and other prisoners, slapped with a felony that ensures they are trapped in the gutter, and then after attending Alcohol or Narcotics anonymous and stumbling being shunned by their peers for being damned by God for being weak.
Step 2 and 3 of the 12 steps
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Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
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Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
“ It requires the greatest kind of wisdom . . . to know when to apply injustice. ” - Philip K. Dick
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A shitload of Coloradans did not do their homework on these questions, plus there’s a lot of stupid hateful people in the world.
Watching people on Nextdoor crashing TF out on this one.
One of the responses to the people whining: “cry harder”. 🤣
I don’t like how this article paints Lee as a fair oppositional voice. She leads a far-right religious based ideology group that argues it’s “against indoctrination” while preaching church views. They are one of those conspiracy groups that’s convinced schools are pushing kids into the LGBTQ community… Not that they may have already been a part of it from the beginning…
They probably don’t even see the irony.
