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If bans never work, (Original Post) edhopper Oct 2017 OP
good question nini Oct 2017 #1
I think it has more to do with control over women. Vinca Oct 2017 #2
Social control. NutmegYankee Oct 2017 #3
I'll go you one better: shanny Oct 2017 #4
or drugs? n2doc Oct 2017 #5
I'm for legalizing all drugs. Man_Bear_Pig Oct 2017 #6

Vinca

(50,248 posts)
2. I think it has more to do with control over women.
Sun Oct 8, 2017, 05:37 PM
Oct 2017

It's clear they don't give a shit about kids since they let the CHIP healthcare coverage lapse.

NutmegYankee

(16,199 posts)
3. Social control.
Sun Oct 8, 2017, 05:42 PM
Oct 2017

Pregnancy becomes a tool of punishment for the unwed and a tool to keep women out of the workforce for the married.

 

shanny

(6,709 posts)
4. I'll go you one better:
Sun Oct 8, 2017, 06:17 PM
Oct 2017

if bans never work, why do they care if there is one?

also too: why do we have laws against drunk driving? Or murder? We still have both of those things so

 

Man_Bear_Pig

(89 posts)
6. I'm for legalizing all drugs.
Sun Oct 8, 2017, 06:31 PM
Oct 2017

Next to the weed store, you have the painkiller store, next to that you have the meth one, crack one and speed one; eventually you get your Walmart of drugs. Let people use recreationally or destroy their lives as they please.

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