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mr_lebowski

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1. "but not addressing the underlying issues that lead to that incarceration ...

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Wed Nov 20, 2019, 02:45 AM

Nov 2019

the cycle of crime and incarceration that’s related to substance abuse addiction is going to continue"

Ya know, if you could just truck on down to the corner store and buy you some pharma-grade opioids (of 100% known strength and quality) for what they actually cost to make, plus a small profit (like booze and cigs), probably virtually nobody would be stuck in the aforementioned 'cycle' would be my guess.

Just a thought ... CRAZY, I know ...

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"but not addressing the underlying issues that lead to that incarceration ... mr_lebowski Nov 2019 #1