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EffieBlack

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6. I didn't say drugs don't affect human beings. But they're NOT human beings.

Reply to uppityperson (Reply #1)

Sat Feb 23, 2019, 04:51 PM

Feb 2019

Last edited Sat Feb 23, 2019, 06:10 PM - Edit history (1)

Comparing the drug trade to prostitution leaves out a critical element - the humanity of the women who are the product.

Supplier: drug dealer =pimp/trafficker OK
Consumer: drug usef = john OK
Product: drugs ≠ female human beings

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Prostitution is NOT equivalent to drug use [View all] EffieBlack Feb 2019 OP

Drugs affect humans, not just inanimate uppityperson Feb 2019 #1

The buyer in prostitution directly impacts the product (a human) Ms. Toad Feb 2019 #4

True uppityperson Feb 2019 #7

I didn't say drugs don't affect human beings. But they're NOT human beings. EffieBlack Feb 2019 #6

True uppityperson Feb 2019 #8

Some drugs are essentially WMDs 4139 Feb 2019 #2

See: "Krokodil" ProudLib72 Feb 2019 #3

Sex trafficking is slavery Trenzalore Feb 2019 #5

Well said MaryMagdaline Feb 2019 #9

Pimps get their prostitutes hooked on drugs so they will stay prostitutes. applegrove Feb 2019 #10

Interesing choice of words EffieBlack Feb 2019 #11

Jeff Tiedrich nails it, as usual EffieBlack Feb 2019 #12

It's telling that prostitution is always equated to inanimate product by its backers kcr Feb 2019 #13