Cops "going after" drug addicts? Like giving them help and treating them like humans?
this post was submitted on 20 Aug 2026
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Harm reduction and rehab centers where they can use in a safe environment is how you really help people addicted to drugs. Instead of locking them in a cage and pretending they don't exist.
Also isn't giving tickets to 12 years olds on illegal motorcycles a form of harm reduction?
The question is when, not if, those device will separate their life into a before, and an after, the accident.
ACAB includes OP
ITT: OP wanting the cops to go after people doing illegal things, but only the illegal things that OP agrees with.
OP has no empathy and insists on being downvoted to hell rather than recognizing that they're being a heartless hypocrite.
Leave the drug addicts alone!
Also legalize it man. By it I mean pretty much everything. Yowza daddy-o.
this is a weird comparison
there are real criminals out there and OP chose drug addicts, a crime which by itself is just minding your own business
fuck, go after the drivers endangering countless people every day. far more dangerous than drug addicts that commit crimes that affect other people
When Young Kenny cruises past
I mean, they shouldn't be going after drug addicts either.
This ragebate works like a charm. Ken got a coppycat.
Trying to combat drug addiction through policing has been proven ineffective time and time again. You may want to rethink that one.
Came to say this! Drug addicts need help, not jail. Sure, if they commit a crime police should be involved, but it’s not going to cure their addiction!
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Also the cops handing out traffic tickets, and the cops doing narcotics investigations are different people.
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All research and successful drug policy shows that treatment should be increased And law enforcement decreased while abolishing mandatory minimum sentences
You get people off drugs by building a society where people aren't being oppressed and used as slaves. Not by putting them in jail and making their life worse.
Kids on the other hand aren't fully mature and don't realize that 'just' 30mph on a scooter can lead to a deadly crash pretty easily
Teach the kids to use a scooter properly, all across asia children ride electrics without incident, but I am constantly hearing how dangerous they are back in America where barely anyone rides scooters.
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I hate the police like everybody elese, but why huntig addicts? They do nothing except to themself... But a 12yo on a scooter is mostly dangerous.
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Drug problem is a healthcare issue, not a crime issue.
Well if they would fix traffic infrastructure to support bicycles and other alternative transports they would have less of a problem with this.
Dont fight drug use, fight drug distribution and the root problems why people are on the street taking drugs
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Remember that time we legalized cannabis and it had literally zero impact on society? Let's do that with the rest of them too.
Some of them shouldn't be used by anyone.
Krokadil comes to mind. Flocka...
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