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napoleon_in_rags

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1. That's an interesting issue.
Sun Mar 11, 2012, 05:24 PM
Mar 2012

To me, people who are have a hard time should be tested for diseases that are holding them back, and this includes mental illness and substance addiction. But the answer then becomes to treat them so they can better succeed, and this is where Republican support obviously fades away, because it feels like universal healthcare. The real thing worth noting here are the attempts to criminalize the disease of substance addiction, not the idea that we are scanning those who need support for possible diseases that are holding them back.

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